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Community => The Lounge => Topic started by: Art Vandelay on January 04, 2012, 02:46:11 am

I found out that on the new forum, thread OP's have the power to lock threads. As such, I'm getting in on reviving as many of the old megathreads as I can. He who controls the threads, controls the world! Mwahahahahaha.

After 6 and a half years of college and part of a 20-page paper to go until she gets her bachelor degree, my mom FINALLY has a job interview. At the computer skills screening, the guy seemed impressed with her mad skillz, and while the job wouldn't pay spectacularly, it's more than minimum wage and they'll still have my dad's disability to add to her paycheck. I just hope she can get this job...

Technically, this happened yesterday, but this girl I'm kind of interested in (the first one since my last relationship) invited me to go to the beach with her on Monday. Not sure if it's just friendly or not, but I'll take it as a good sign either way.

The Walking Dead announced a third season with three additional episodes.

For those keeping track at home: Season 1 was 6 episodes long and spanned 7 hours (episode 1 was a two hour premiere). Current season (2) was given 13 episodes. So far they've aired 7 of them and the split season comes back February 12th with episode 8 (Nebraska). The season just given the green light is supposed to be 16 episodes long.

good maybe now we'll get some actual good writing instead of the crap we've been given.

Ironbite-seriously the mid point of season 2 sucked.

And now you've made me sad. Have you read the comics? TWD is supposed to be about humanity in the face of adversity. The most dangerous thing in the comics, and in the tv show if they're going to keep going like they have been, are other survivors. Zombies might kill you but your fellow human beings can damage you. This first half was supposed to be about personal growth, inner struggles, and above all Hope. If you want depth of character you watch TWD. No one with a tie to a child could watch the end scene of the mid season finale and not bawl like a baby. and it took Daryl from racist redneck to fan favorite.

If you want mindless zombie kills I hear there's a resident evil marathon on tomorrow on Syfy.

My co-writer just added a new tag to her LJ entries. It comes with the disclaimer "If it made you cry or want to throw up or throw wrenches in rage there was a 90% chance my co-author was responsible."

And now for the happy. Four (semi) good things have happened in the last 24 hours.

1) A friend from the writing groups turned 32 yesterday. We spent her birthday working on what were supposed to be drabbles (short stories normally not topping 75 words). Because we kept hive-minding it we only got 8 of our 13 prompts done but it was a definite case of quality over quantity. None of them ended up being drabbles. 5 were ficlets (stories under 500 words). The other three topped out at 859, a little over 2,300, and a little over 3,500 respectively. The 3,500 one also started out as being finished at 801, then one of us would notice something and tweak it. Then the other would see the tweaked work and add something. And that kept going on til we got the little monster.

2) Puppy fail. Now, normally puppy fail is a bad to very bad thing. Today it was just cute. Bella tried to chase her tail, seeming to forget that she is a rottweiler and there for has no tail to chase.

3) One of my favorite authors, whose work I envy for the quality of the ideas and because she consistently pushes out 6-15,000 word chapters every few weeks, emailed me. She liked some of my ideas and is using them in an upcoming story. I get giddy when I see an update on one of her works and she thinks my ideas are worth using. That was just a "Wow!" moment for me.

4) My daughter needing no help on her homework. I looked it over, saw nothing wrong with it, and handed it to my mother to see what she thought. My mother didn't even understand some of the problems. That one got amusement points plus mommy pride points.

Found a drummer for the symphonic metal band I mentioned on the other forum, so now we can start writing! I've also got friends/relatives helping to set up websites and whatnot, and we're going to have our first jam & photoshoot this week!

This one's just sort of interesting in a 'wow-what-are-the-odds' kind of way.

A couple came to my till and couldn't remember their zip code because they'd only just moved. I asked where from, and they said Maryland. Me too! Whereabouts?? Turns out they lived in the exact same place I did. Pretty surprising, and kinda cool.

I'm back from the hospital. Ain't no infected back gonna keep me down........Although, Vicodin WILL be my friend for a few weeks to a month.

Basically, I had an Upper respiratory infection, and my lower back is infected from the spinal tap I got last Tuesday to relieve pressure from my brain. They had me on I.V. antibiotics, two of them, and my back is worthless right now, but I'm good. :)

The rice paddies are flooded right now to make them ready for the next crop. From the ground, they just look a bit like little lakes. From the air, though...

You've seen fields from the air before? It's like that. Only instead of earth or grass, it's water, flat little plains of water marked off in regular shapes, demarcated by man-made barriers of raised dirt. And they're all different colors. Muddy browns mixed with blues and greens, in strangely regular shapes. Some of them are pure blocks of color, while others are striped and mottled, looking almost exactly like old wood planks, the impurities in the water looking like the grain of the wood.

And it reflects. It's especially striking as we move over the land. The clouds are reflected into the water. It looks like nothing so much as a stained glass window in the Earth, with another sky below us.

It's beautiful. I wish I could have taken a picture. I wish you could see it.

The rice paddies are flooded right now to make them ready for the next crop. From the ground, they just look a bit like little lakes. From the air, though...

You've seen fields from the air before? It's like that. Only instead of earth or grass, it's water, flat little plains of water marked off in regular shapes, demarcated by man-made barriers of raised dirt. And they're all different colors. Muddy browns mixed with blues and greens, in strangely regular shapes. Some of them are pure blocks of color, while others are striped and mottled, looking almost exactly like old wood planks, the impurities in the water looking like the grain of the wood.

And it reflects. It's especially striking as we move over the land. The clouds are reflected into the water. It looks like nothing so much as a stained glass window in the Earth, with another sky below us.

It's beautiful. I wish I could have taken a picture. I wish you could see it.

A little store here in town still had some of their belgian seashells in stock. They tend to only carry them in the month of December. To make it even better they were marked down because they needed to make more room for the V-day stuff. Choceur chocolates, how I love thee.

Went to the pub to celebrate end of exams. Found out they were doing a Burns Night special where if you got a double of Talisker you got a free hip flask. Since a) hip flasks usually go for Ã‚Â£15+ and b) Talisker is one of the Classic Malt collection it really was a no brainer. As a result, I a) have new favourite whisky and b) am canny pissed and therefore merry.

Fixed my radio today. For those of you who haven't heard about it, it's an enormous antique about the size of a television set - we had to take it completely apart and put it back together again. Took all day, then I got invited to a game of laser skirmish in the evening 8)

Fixed my radio today. For those of you who haven't heard about it, it's an enormous antique about the size of a television set - we had to take it completely apart and put it back together again. Took all day, then I got invited to a game of laser skirmish in the evening 8)

(http://images.aywas.com/pets/offsprings/1b/6d/83970a4c587c870ffdfba8b9624860bad54d1b6d.png)Score! Mutant! Except...this is a really pretty one. I was expecting a morlock and I got Emma Frost.

That reminds me--I still need to make breeding predicts for my Finxes. :3 Have to use site colorations, since I don't have two customs in any one species, nor do I have any metal customs I really want to breed.

That reminds me--I still need to make breeding predicts for my Finxes. :3 Have to use site colorations, since I don't have two customs in any one species, nor do I have any metal customs I really want to breed.

Got another one this morning when the decorated phoenix tree regenerated. Now this is a morlock:

The parents were a Fairy Lunaris and a Sundae Lunaris and she will haunt your nightmares. Or offer you icecream. I haven't decided which yet.

I'm also thinking of entering the Reve in the drinking game if I have enough alcohol. We'll see what I've got the 31st in comparison to the high score board. As long as one of the other winners is a melo(griffin), soli(paleo), oakl(ippo), lacer(lysk), gael(sway), insi(campe), oske(shu), or maki(nikko) I have a good chance of getting a hybrid out of the breeding since Frey pairs up drinkers by whatever makes a hybrid>won't make a new hybrid but is rare/uncommon/hybrid>whatever's left.

What coin are you using, anyway? Metal or lesser breeding? Do you know which finxes you're going to use? Of the ones you own I'm partial to the wings on the Goldrings and the overall coloration of the Holiday Rose. Did you try advertising on the breeding board yet? Some people will let you use their custom for free, or at a very low fee.

That reminds me--I still need to make breeding predicts for my Finxes. :3 Have to use site colorations, since I don't have two customs in any one species, nor do I have any metal customs I really want to breed.

Got another one this morning when the decorated phoenix tree regenerated. Now this is a morlock:

The parents were a Fairy Lunaris and a Sundae Lunaris and she will haunt your nightmares. Or offer you icecream. I haven't decided which yet.

I'm also thinking of entering the Reve in the drinking game if I have enough alcohol. We'll see what I've got the 31st in comparison to the high score board. As long as one of the other winners is a melo(griffin), soli(paleo), oakl(ippo), lacer(lysk), gael(sway), insi(campe), oske(shu), or maki(nikko) I have a good chance of getting a hybrid out of the breeding since Frey pairs up drinkers by whatever makes a hybrid>won't make a new hybrid but is rare/uncommon/hybrid>whatever's left.

What coin are you using, anyway? Metal or lesser breeding? Do you know which finxes you're going to use? Of the ones you own I'm partial to the wings on the Goldrings and the overall coloration of the Holiday Rose. Did you try advertising on the breeding board yet? Some people will let you use their custom for free, or at a very low fee.

1. Metal. It was a gift from another user.2. The only kitties I have with the same lineart and opposite genders are Stellar Tiger and Holiday Rose. I would go for that Goldrings in a heartbeat if I'd had LBC instead of MBC.3. No, I haven't. By the time i thought of asking around, I'd already made one of the predicts.

1. Metal. It was a gift from another user.2. The only kitties I have with the same lineart and opposite genders are Stellar Tiger and Holiday Rose. I would go for that Goldrings in a heartbeat if I'd had LBC instead of MBC.3. No, I haven't. By the time i thought of asking around, I'd already made one of the predicts.

2. But Aywas breeding is magic. A lot of my babies have two mommies or two daddies. Or their parents are gender neutral, hermaphrodite, etc. These are the parents of my new Reve. Notice they are both female.

Dad grilled meat today. Now, normally, this is awesome in and of itself, because I fucking LOVE grilled meat. But, this time...dad grilled steaks, chicken, and burgers. Got one of those tiny hunks of chicken off on the side of the pan, and was like, "Holy. Fucking. Dickballs. THIS IS FUCKING GOOD." Seriously, that shit was PERFECT. Tender, moist, just the -right- amount of spice...its all I can do to resist just eating all that fucking chicken myself.

So, one of my aunts has an odd tendency of rooting through her basement, and then driving over and leaving some junk on our porch. Doesn't ring the bell or anything, no visits. Just drop off some random objects from years gone by. Usually this stuff is laughable at best.

Today, though, among the objects were these: the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook for both 3.0 and 3.5 edition. I gotta say, that's pretty awesome. It's at least 20% cooler than anything else she's ever left. (Comparatively, she also left a cat calender from 2005, some unremarkable novels, and a generic doll. My sister is 21, and has a 2-years-old son. Who is this doll even for??)

Lots of the clubs at my school will write things on the campus paths in chalk. Well, last night the pro-choice and pro-life groups had a battle across almost the entire main path writing various things like "Pro-choice /= pro-abortion" and "Adoption is a beautiful option."

One of them read "Social justice begins in the womb" and someone changed it to make it read "Social justice begins in the wombat." That made my day.

Today at the hospital I met a very nice nurse who seemed absolutely impressed and stunned at my knowledge over my own body and all the things wrong with it. Half of the things wrong with me aren't even able to be checklisted on my chart so I got to sit down and explain some things to a medical professional. At the end of it she said that though my body was weak, my mind was not and said I was very intelligent. Then she gave me a hug before I left to get my meds filled. :)

I turned in an application to this store in the mall today and got an immediate interview and I have a second interview tomorrow. I don't actually want to work there, but I need a job. I hope I get it.

The check containing the remaining amount of my leave, my other retirement funds and a few hours from my previous job arrived in the mail today. $4,975.50. I was expecting $1200...tops...this came at the best possible time...

First day of work in which I wasn't dead on my feet by the end of the day and finally got to drive the forklift. To add to the awesome, on the bus back home I saw someone I knew but really REALLY didn't want to talk to, said person actually sat next to me yet didn't recognise me. It was a good day today.

Finally got a partial refill on my new anti-depressants. Been out for about a week or so...so, even though I really, REALLY shouldn't be up right now (gotta take a test in about...4-5 hours), I don't feel like shit because of it.

About a year and a half ago I moved. I tossed a lot of old computer stuff, including a bunch of small hard drives. When I got into the new apartment, I couldn't find my 1 tb drive. I figured I tossed it out by accident. Fast forward to this morning... I set up my computer in my new apartment (moving in as we speak), and one of my drives wasn't visible. Popped open the case on the machine, reset the power wire on the drive that wasn't showing up and.... Noticed that there was a hard drive in the machine that wasn't connected. It was the 1 tb drive; i guess I installed it in a drunken stupor, and seeing as there weren't enough power connectors for the drive, I never actually connected it.

The first one? Duuuuuuuuuuuude. Fuckin love that game. Also, is it just me, or are the Highmen kinda, like...legendarily broken?

That's the one. Brilliant game and one of the most complex turn-based strategies I've ever played. As for your question, I've no idea. I only just managed to not get my ass handed to me in the first scenario of the Keeper's campaign.

That said, I will say that ballistae are most definitely overpowered. Four of the buggers in a line and it seems the enemy no longer want to kill me on account of all the free javelins I'm sending their way.

The bodice I had on didn't fit (I didn't realize that they aren't one-size-fits-all), so this nice lady showed me where I could get a good deal on one that DOES fit. It is reversible, red and black, and I look DAMN sexy in it.

These things happened:http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168528699442999296http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168530435893243905http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168533668992778241http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168535228271439872http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168582605246169088

These things happened:http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168528699442999296http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168530435893243905http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168533668992778241http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168535228271439872http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168582605246169088

Me likie Female Sheperd, if only because I get to listen to Jennifer Hale's sexy voice all. Day. Long. ;D

Spent the afternoon as an extra in a friend's music video. I was first part of an audience that was eaten by zombies, and then a zombie running up and down a few alleys. When I returned to my apartment complex, the manager and a few tenants thought I'd been assaulted, because I still had the makeup on. It was hilarious.

I can provide pics & the video itself once they are available to me, if anyone would like to see them.

These things happened:http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168528699442999296http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168530435893243905http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168533668992778241http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168535228271439872http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168582605246169088

Me likie Female Sheperd, if only because I get to listen to Jennifer Hale's sexy voice all. Day. Long. ;D

These things happened:http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168528699442999296http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168530435893243905http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168533668992778241http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168535228271439872http://twitter.com/masseffect/statuses/168582605246169088

Me likie Female Sheperd, if only because I get to listen to Jennifer Hale's sexy voice all. Day. Long. ;D

Heh. It's not so bad if you follow the right people. :) I've met a lot of great people through Twitter. I get to interact with people I wouldn't otherwise (like the ones in charge of the Mass Effect twitter).

The first one? Duuuuuuuuuuuude. Fuckin love that game. Also, is it just me, or are the Highmen kinda, like...legendarily broken?

That's the one. Brilliant game and one of the most complex turn-based strategies I've ever played. As for your question, I've no idea. I only just managed to not get my ass handed to me in the first scenario of the Keeper's campaign.

That said, I will say that ballistae are most definitely overpowered. Four of the buggers in a line and it seems the enemy no longer want to kill me on account of all the free javelins I'm sending their way.

I. Fucking love. Age of Wonders. Its one of my single most favorite strategy games, like...ever. In fact, I installed it on my laptop last night because you reminded me of it. Thank you.

The first one? Duuuuuuuuuuuude. Fuckin love that game. Also, is it just me, or are the Highmen kinda, like...legendarily broken?

That's the one. Brilliant game and one of the most complex turn-based strategies I've ever played. As for your question, I've no idea. I only just managed to not get my ass handed to me in the first scenario of the Keeper's campaign.

That said, I will say that ballistae are most definitely overpowered. Four of the buggers in a line and it seems the enemy no longer want to kill me on account of all the free javelins I'm sending their way.

I. Fucking love. Age of Wonders. Its one of my single most favorite strategy games, like...ever. In fact, I installed it on my laptop last night because you reminded me of it. Thank you.

Got the original Doctor Who soundtrack yesterday, then talked to boyfriend for an hour and a half about love and our relationship and our plans for the future and whatnot. The current plan is for me to be a successful lawyer while he stays at home and writes his novel. ;D

I'm going to be getting this (http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/app.detail/params.item.tsv!.tpl.tsv.CM_SCID.TSV?ref=GAS&cm_ven=googlePAID&cm_cat=Q-QVC+Keyword&cm_pla=Sitelink+TSV&cm_ite=sY3I0jtVG_10398031500_QVC&cookie=set) new computer soon(http://images-p.qvc.com/is/image/e/66/e222166_154.201?resmode=sharp&op_usm=1,1,10,0&scl=3.175&fmt=jpeg) ;D

This happened last week and I get a TON of flak for saying this about myself but I feel proud enough of this happening to weather the snarkiness and share it with the class.

I am officially no longer allowed to think of myself as 'fat' no matter what I think about myself because as of last week, I fit into a little girl's XL skirt. This actually makes me feel really awesome about myself

Naw, I have no idea what I weigh. But provided the skirt is an elastic waist and has no constrained hip (like a tutu circle skirt or something), then yes, I fit into most. I think it's equivalent of about a size four in women's jeans, so it's not like I've gone anorexic. Once I can find my camera I'll put up a picture cos I'm rockin' the tutu look right now.

Okay, I just checked, at Old Navy (where most of my shit comes from now since I get it cheap), the girl's XL waist is 26", and my waist at the moment is, I think, 25 or 26. And I still wear a size six. So I'm not emaciated, I swear!

Also, to keep from de-railing: I'm just shy of 108 miles walked in 52 days (since the start of the new year), and I have roughly 117 miles to go to make my 225 goal by the end of March. I'm shooting to walk at least 1,000 miles this year, if not 1,500 (though I'll have to push for that, I'd need to average about 4 and a half miles a day).

This happened last week and I get a TON of flak for saying this about myself but I feel proud enough of this happening to weather the snarkiness and share it with the class.

I am officially no longer allowed to think of myself as 'fat' no matter what I think about myself because as of last week, I fit into a little girl's XL skirt. This actually makes me feel really awesome about myself

(Rat sighs as he steps over to Cait, grasps her shoulders, and looks directly into her oh-so-pretty eyes.)

Cait, listen to me very carefully. It doesn't matter what your weight is. You were gorgeous when you were heavier, and you remain gorgeous now. Here, allow me to demonstrate what I mean.

(Rat leans in and kisses Cait passionately, a real toe-curling, tonsil-tickling, breath-stealer of a kiss, still holding onto her in case her knees buckle or something like that. After 30 seconds or so, he takes a breather and smiles warmly to Cait.)

I wouldn't say you creep me out, Rat, but you sometimes push the bounds of acceptable behaviour and I find you a bit.... much. Not quite enough to say anything, but if it ever got to that point you'd know. I appreciate what you're trying to get across, I really do, but if other people are telling you, "Whoa, man, calm it down a bit..." then, yeah, probably a good time to calm it down a bit.

Just got home from my band's debut performance. It was incredible; we got a good reaction from the crowd, mostly because of our Spheres of Madness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX5v7GfvSao) cover, and ran into an A&R rep from Metal Blade records who said he'd check us out at our next show since he missed this one! I'm exhausted, and pretty sure I'm fighting a cold, but I feel amazing. I even managed to turn a small profit off of ticket sales :D

I found a 3DS + four games + some accessories on eBay for $215 if I instant buy it. I'm bloody tempted to buy it, if only because I'm pretty much guaranteed to make a good $50 profit if I resell just the 3DS, much less the other shit that comes with it. What do you guys reckon?

I found a 3DS + four games + some accessories on eBay for $215 if I instant buy it. I'm bloody tempted to buy it, if only because I'm pretty much guaranteed to make a good $50 profit if I resell just the 3DS, much less the other shit that comes with it. What do you guys reckon?

I found a 3DS + four games + some accessories on eBay for $215 if I instant buy it. I'm bloody tempted to buy it, if only because I'm pretty much guaranteed to make a good $50 profit if I resell just the 3DS, much less the other shit that comes with it. What do you guys reckon?

WHERE IS THIS LINK? :D

Right here (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nintendo-3DS-console-plus-games-and-accessories-/320853017499?pt=AU_Consoles&hash=item4ab454839b). Though they only ship to Australia, so that may be a problem for you.

Seriously, I'm so tempted to buy it, but it feels like it would be an impulse buy. I so goddamn torn right now. Especially since one of the games it comes with is Professor Layton and the Curious Village. I love the Professor Layton series (even though I've only played Pandora's Box).

I just bought the 3DS in question. I do want a 3DS and $215 is a good price for just the console and a fucking amazing deal for four additional games, especially when one of the games is one I really want. Assuming the seller doesn't fuck me over somehow, I think I made the right call.

Got a call yesterday from an assistant manager at a local (okay, next town over, but still fairly close, bout...10-20 minutes away) Wal-Mart regarding an application I put in, like...a month ago. Called dude back today, as he wasn't picking up yesterday, and he said that he'd call me back in a few minutes and see if we can't set me up with an interview.

Its only a cashier position, but fuck yes. Because fucking money. My money. My own fucking money, that I can use to my own fucking ends.

(I'm so excited because, should I get it, this would be my second job, and my first non-temporary job.)

My band's reached 127 fans on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Nihilitus), and 94 of them are talking about us, when we've only played one show and have yet to record any of our music! I know it's not much in the grand scheme of things, but that ratio has me really fucking excited!

Two of my Tumblr posts have gone viral in the past three days. I'm basking in an ocean of love.

Oooh, hot stuff! Can you link? I'd like to see what grabbed so many people's attention!

Also, this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlLQbL2Rv2I

CUPCAKE ATMS, PEOPLE!!! THEY ARE REAL. I DO, I DO, I DO BELIEVE IN CUPCAKES! *clapclapclapclap* Also, the machines themselves do appear to be pink. Someone better get out there with a can of spraypaint to put the appropriate balloon cutie mark on them.

Today I experienced a rare instance of karma working the way it should. On the way to work this morning, some kid on the bus was freaking out because he had accidentally dropped his bus pass into the coin/ticket slot (the passes only need to be shown to the bus driver), and was told he wouldn't be able to get it back until either tomorrow or Friday since the drivers can't open the money box thingie. I felt bad for the kid, so I gave him one of my tickets (out of a book of ten) so he would be able to take the bus home from school in the afternoon.

A little while ago, as I was about to finish work, I got a call from my roommate saying she was off early and could swing by to give me a ride home, saving me from having to use a bus ticket to get back here. Karma! Or, more realistically, a happy coincidence, but either way, it's nice to see things even out -- those tickets aren't exactly cheap, after all.

Last two lectures of the day were cancelled. As such, I got to go home a whopping five hours earlier than normal. On a Friday, the day an early finish is the sweetest. I'm quite pleased with this turn of events I must say.

Ran in to that girl I mentioned a couple months back, and she brought up still wanting to go on a date with me! I don't know if it's 'just friends' or not at the moment, but it's nice to know that time hasn't completely fucked me over on this (that I'm aware of).

My grandfather has one of those big pretzel jars full of loose change collected over many years. Currently the jar probably weighs close to fifty pounds. A LOT of fucking coinage. I asked him if I could go through it for wheatback pennies--nothing more, I wouldn't take anything else, and I offered to replace what I found with normal pennies. He said sure and that I didn't even have to replace what I took.

So I spent all afternoon today on the floor going through mountains of change until my hands actually turned black from handling it. It took hours. I found about a dozen wheaties.

I had a crapload of energy today, despite barely being able to drag myself out of bed at 8. I had a doctor appointment, went to Wal-Mart, went to Giant, contacted Financial Aid, did laundry, saw my adviser, attended class, and went for a run. A productive day.

My professor also extended the deadline for my program, which I did not expect. I am thrilled.

Also, dropped 14 pounds since the start of the new year, to the extent that I'm wearing a belt I bought EIGHT YEARS AGO. I bought it, thinking I'd slimmed down enough to go to a smaller waisted belt. I was wrong, and I've had it all this time. Wore it exactly once. Now? it's tight, but it FITS!

We can now wear jeans and sneakers on the job at work, if we feel like it. So I have an excuse to buy some new jeans (I have jeans they're just a wee bit big on me, because I recently lost some weight).

Also, dropped 14 pounds since the start of the new year, to the extent that I'm wearing a belt I bought EIGHT YEARS AGO. I bought it, thinking I'd slimmed down enough to go to a smaller waisted belt. I was wrong, and I've had it all this time. Wore it exactly once. Now? it's tight, but it FITS!

I know this sounds lame, but I'm on the planning committee for my school's Video Game Olympics, and even though I missed the meeting last night, they still took me into consideration and put my name down on the forms on Google Docs.

My friend's band Sinicle (https://www.facebook.com/Sinicle) debuted it's first official video tonight, and I'm actually in it! White shirt and large, black headphones; there's a really good closeup of me around 2:40 or so!I also show up as a zombie earlier in the video, but it's kinda hard to tell which one I am sometimes, though there's a decent shot around 1:50, but you can't see the makeup (it was epic and incredibly convincing; my apartment manager thought I'd gotten in a fight).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4FAHoZMQRYSo yeah, really excited about this :D

It was more on Friday than today, but I found a copy of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on eBay for less than $30. They're almost always around $40 at the very least so this was quite the amazing find. It should be here come Wednesday.

My copy of Spirit Tracks arrived a day earlier than expected. Not only that, it turned up mere hours after I finished replaying Phantom Hourglass (good game, but really not good for your sanity if you're the OCD type).

Tool announced that they'll be recording a new album (http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/tool-planning-to-record-new-album-this-summer) this summer! It should be out by the end of the year, given the normal recording/mixing time (4mo. or so). :D :D :D

Tool announced that they'll be recording a new album (http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/tool-planning-to-record-new-album-this-summer) this summer! It should be out by the end of the year, given the normal recording/mixing time (4mo. or so). :D :D :D

Tool announced that they'll be recording a new album (http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/tool-planning-to-record-new-album-this-summer) this summer! It should be out by the end of the year, given the normal recording/mixing time (4mo. or so). :D :D :D

I hung out with John Cleese and a fuckton of comedy superstars today. Cleese thought of my stand up routine as a "fine job"

You are the fucking awesomest person in the entire universe and I would like to marry you and impregnate you with our horribly mentally unstable psychotic demon babies. Don't ask me how that would work because I don't know either.

GOOD SHIT FROM TODAY:

On the way home from some errands I drove behind a car for a while with a license plate that read 'DMBLDORE' and a bumper sticker that said 'I BRAKE FOR HOUSE ELVES'. I very rarely tell people I love their cars but when I pulled up alongside I yelled through my window that he had the coolest plate. It was a nice youngish guy at the wheel and he laughed that I was so entertained. Then he said my car just made his day. I think that's my second-favourite part of my car--it always seems to make people happy. (For those who don't know, I drive a white VW New Beetle with multicoloured flowers all over the sides.)

Also, I saw a hipster fall off his bike while he was trying to fiddle with his iPhone and pedal at the same time.

And I made impromptu, last-second plans to drive to MD to see the boything for a few days tomorrow.

My schedule for next semester is fucking awesome. No class on Fridays, and my earliest class is at 12:30 pm.

I was also worried about getting a decent Spanish professor because any language courses are really difficult at this school, but I found a good one according to a ton of folks at ratemyprofessors.com. That site hasn't failed me yet.

I have tomorrow off, I got 10/10 on a chem quiz, i have a date tomorrow with a hot guy thats also a total sweetheart, I just knocked off two pieces of work that have been driving me up the wall, and I had an amazing time at the Jugger practice last night. Good shit is happening

This was more a couple days ago, but I basically became friends with this artist I admire because we both ponyblog and we crossed over with each other a couple times. Now we're friends and it makes me feel really special. ^-^

Also, today I found the new Girl Genius novel at the comic shop. I didn't even know there was a second one coming out, but now I have it. In hardback, no less.

Back from my very impulsive impromptu visit with the boything. He gave me a sexy fedora that I wore for a bit without anything else, and I made him bleed. For normal people this would seem really weird but for him and me it just meant we had a lot of very enjoyable fun. Oh, and I managed NOT to cry when I left this time.

But I found a big blue bruise on my leg while getting dressed and have NO IDEA where it came from. I must have bumped him in our sleep or something because the man has a cast-iron skeleton.

And apparently the dog is wandering all over the house looking for me. That dog loves me. I joke that I'm gonna marry the dog and the Boything can move in with us and sleep at the foot of the bed. Still, I imagine that poor pooch with his big eyes looking for me and wondering why I left him... poor baby!!

Been playing Conker's Bad Fur Day, and I must say it's fucking brilliant. Seriously, why did I never play this back in the day? It's like Banjo-Kazooie, only no holding back on the dirty jokes. It's like a dream come true.

Yesterday, when pumping gas, I got the pump to stop on exactly $30.00, which always makes me smile.

That TOTALLY makes my day when that happens. If I can get it to stop exactly on anything without change it's great, but if I can get it to stop on, day, $25 or $40 or something that ends in a five or a zero without change, I just do a private internal victory dance! And then do my 'ME GUSTA' rageface.

Been playing Conker's Bad Fur Day, and I must say it's fucking brilliant. Seriously, why did I never play this back in the day? It's like Banjo-Kazooie, only no holding back on the dirty jokes. It's like a dream come true.

This just reminded me of a kickass song I'm going to listen to now, so I'll have something better stuck in my head all day.

Well into my second hour of Thief 2's final mission, Sabotage at Soulforge. I swear, that one mission is at least twice, if not three times as long as Life of the Party or Masks. The only reason I can do Life of the Party in under an hour is because I played that mission so often that I have almost the entire map, the location of nearly every secret, key, enemy, and bystander memorized.

Nothing is as satisfying as your final, epic battle being you single-handedly taking on an extremely well-guarded factory/cathedral that's staffed by an army of security personnel, and dozens of security machines. Storming the place is fun, but being able to finish the big boss while being completely undetected is almost orgasmic.

This happened:‎[British Guy] Don't worry about that guy mate, he was out of line.[Me] Can I get asylum in your country because all Americans are dicks now?[British Guy] I am a lawyer back home, if you fill out all the paper work, I'll represent you for free.

My mom finally agreed to let me try an ADHD medication (Vyvance) over the weekend to help me focus. Some of the side effects are supposed to include anxiety and becoming more emotional, so my worst fear was that it would exacerbate my anxiety. However, not only do I feel more focused, but my thoughts no longer fly all over the place at a million miles per hour, and I actually feel very calm and happy. I can't remember a time when I was this calm (boredom exempted). It's... simply... wonderful.

Now I just have to keep it a secret from my dad, but I don't think he'll notice a thing. ;)

That's awesome, Wykked! Glad you've found something to help. Finding the right med can be a hassle.

For most of its duration, it also gets rid of my violent obsessions, which is a major plus. Even when the obsessions start popping up again, I am able to control them. I'm so happy I feel like singing.

This was a triumph.I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

*Hugs* You hit it on the head with "true self", man. My anxiety is all about doubting myself, my capabilities, and the things I stand for, and the only moments of "calm" were more like periods of depersonalization and detachment. This is different and I feel like not only can I accomplish things, but I have the willpower to do so. I know now that this was the way I was supposed to be.

My mom and I watched an awesome documentary showing the making of the original Halloween. It was insanely interesting to see how they chose various cast members. I also learned that the mask they chose for Michael Myers was a Captain Kirk mask that they slightly altered and spray-painted white. That movie will never cease to be amazing.

My band had an incredible show tonight. Small venue, but we shared it with some great bands, made some good new contacts (include one that may get me a job at the House of Blues!), and had a fucking amazing time.

Our next show is going to be in Dana Point, CA on the 28th. Anyone in the SoCal area who can make it should come check us out and say hi!

I think I figured out a way to solve the issue I've been having with implementing scripting for my DDO Creator (henceforth known as Fire Forge). I've been going about it the wrong way...instead of writing the scripts by hand in XML, and having to wrangle with XML interpretation code for all of it. Fuck that jank!

I completely forgot about the serialization facilities that come with .Net... Sooooo, I'm running a test using two classes and an enumeration (Skill class, tristate class, and Abilities enumeration) and developing a tool to do all the heavy lifting of serializing the scripts while I just write up the information.

Got my first interview at Chik-fil-A this afternoon. I was (far as I can tell) the only one on time for his interview, and they said that they're perfectly content to give me Saturday and Tues/Wed off for band practice since my schedule is otherwise pretty open, or just schedule me for the morning shifts. As a morning person who can't wake up past 8AM for shit, I will gladly be there at that time.

Got a 2nd interview with Chik-fil-A on Friday, and an interview with a hostel tomorrow. If the pay is comparable, I'd much rather have the hostel for its schedule and lack of fast food, but I can't really afford to be choosy right now.

So I yesterday I had an appointment for hair removal (the spa is about a 90 minute drive) and decided to take a very scenic route to check out a mall I haven't been to in forever. So here's the run-down

• Found a pair of fishnet stockings that Cait told me to try out :D. I experimented them with a couple of looks and think I have some shorts that look nice with them, but then I need to find some tops which don't make me look slutty. And no pics for several weeks at least, I need to find some cloths that look nice with them and let my face heal up (more below).• While looking for them at Hot Topic and Spencers I had two awesome conversations with the cashiers. The first was a cool dude with dreads and we had a conversation for about 20 minutes (Hot Topic was empty) about, of all things, Mistah J. He said Ledger's Joker was the best, but I like Hamill's Joker, tbh. The conversation started when I found a shirt with this picture on it here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/HarleyqLG.jpg/180px-HarleyqLG.jpg). They only had it in Large and since it was a men's shirt I was looking for a small/XS, which they didn't have :(. The other cashier had a bunch of cool piercings and we talked for about 10 minutes about piercings, tattoos, and suspensions.• While at the mall, I found a lovely blue dress• Also at the same mall, a random woman told me I had the most beautiful hair. :D

After leaving the mall, I got lost for about 20 minutes in Maryland, that was fun. Anyways, once I found out where I was, I managed to get to the spa exactly on time, my phone changed to 2:30 right when I opened the door :D. The laser itself didn't go so well and my face feels/looks horrible, and probably will until Monday at the least :(. Worst of all, I'm instructed to wear no make-up or take any hot showers to let my skin heal.

But then for the rest of the day I hung out with my best friend and it was pretty fun.

EDIT: And today I got my first fuck no, I was kind waiting for one of those :D

Somehow took a 3hr nap while waiting for a video to buffer. Safe to say, the video buffered just fine, but that was so not how I wanted to spend my afternoon. Still, feltgoodman.jpg

Now I'm wrapping up a song I'm writing for my cousin, since I couldn't be in town for her special day. Okay, so it's a baptism and I don't technically care a whole hell of a lot, but it seems fitting since I can't be around for it and it's just one of those things.

Got applications for an apartment in Wichita in, which saved the apartment for my wife and me. Spoke with the managers of one of the Walmarts up there and have possible jobs lined up. Got a hedgehog. Life is good.

Found out that when the shuttle Endeavor is sent to the Los Angeles Science Museum, it will be as part of a parade/spectacle (http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-shuttle-delivery-20120411,0,7851736.story). It's expected to happen sometime in Sept/Oct, and I'm incredibly excited. When the date is finally announced, I'll be cancelling all my plans for that day to go watch and get pictures.

I got a CD of lullaby covers of a bunch of Metallica songs. "One", "Wherever I May Roam", "Enter Sandman", "Fade to Black", "Nothing Else Matters", "Battery", "The Unforgiven", "Master of Puppets", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)", and "...And Justice for All". Lovin' the glockenspiel.

Okay, technically it's not mathematically secure but our goal difference is about 23 better than Middlesbrough with one game to play, so unless we lose 20-0 to Reading at home or something we're good, and not even Birmingham are capable of messing up that badly.

I got a CD of lullaby covers of a bunch of Metallica songs. "One", "Wherever I May Roam", "Enter Sandman", "Fade to Black", "Nothing Else Matters", "Battery", "The Unforgiven", "Master of Puppets", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)", and "...And Justice for All". Lovin' the glockenspiel.

This sounds awesome, in that "I'm a horrible person for liking this" sort of way.

So, it's election day in Alberta, and it looks like the Wild Rose Party -- which is even more right wing than the party we normally have, the oxymoron loving Progressive Conservatives -- isn't going to win, as was originally predicted by a number of alleged experts. In fact, CTV is currently projecting a PC majority government.

As much as I would like to see a non-conservative party win (at which point, flocks of pigs will take to the skies, while Satan watches on from an igloo) I'm rather relieved that Wild Rose isn't getting in.

Edit: And it looks like my riding chose PC over Wild Rose. I'm actually slightly surprised, given the number of right wing assholes around here.

Not in Alberta. We're the toned-down Texas of Canada, complete with oil, ranches, and old dudes who wear cowboy boots & hats everywhere they go.

Granted, Alberta is still more liberal than a very large chunk of the States. Different political dynamic and all that.

In other news, the PC definitely has a majority. I'm still not pleased that this province won't elect a more liberal party & stop being too stubborn to affect any real change, but it's better than the only realistic alternative.

Funny thing is that PC's success is at least partially due to Liberal & NDP supporters voting for them just to keep Wild Rose out.

I got the same problem. I finally get it to start up and it turns out that the frame rate is terrible when I actually play it. I really hope it's a Window 7 thing that can be easily fixed, as it worked fine on my old 2005 desktop PC and I'm pretty sure my current laptop is at least slightly better.

Technically this happened last night, but I was tired and wanted to get some extra sleep before today, but I found out that Nightwish and Kamelot are doing a US tour together, and the tickets are way cheaper than I was expecting! Gonna be buying my tickets for their San Diego show (Oct. 6) as soon as I have money.

Which leads to the reason for wanting extra sleep, I've got a job interview with Universal Studios today! It's just a seasonal gig, but I'll take it!

My Spanish project is fucking DONE, including the presentation. Even better, we had to label who wrote what within our 20-page paper, so the professor can see that I did the majority of the work for my lame-ass group members.

Not really a 'just today' thing, but I've been finding tons of awesome music through Bandcamp lately. And not just, 'hey this is kinda cool', but 'holy fuck these guys are amazing how are they not famous!?' It's so nice to hear such talented musicians.

Technically this happened last night, but I was tired and wanted to get some extra sleep before today, but I found out that Nightwish and Kamelot are doing a US tour together, and the tickets are way cheaper than I was expecting! Gonna be buying my tickets for their San Diego show (Oct. 6) as soon as I have money.

Which leads to the reason for wanting extra sleep, I've got a job interview with Universal Studios today! It's just a seasonal gig, but I'll take it!

Random stupidity on the internet just made my day. There was this argument about homosexuality and is it "normal" or not. (Not again, I thought. ) It was just something that came up in a derail and I was skipping through it and planning to ignore the whole fiasco when this one argument came up:

Others had already commented that homosexuality happens in animals and they were having the usual flame-war over that when one guy comes in and says "How does two of any other sort of animal exgage in 'homosexual activity'? (here is a hint, non-homosapiens cannot by definition)."

...HAHAHAHAHAHA!

(I think he was confusing ancient greek and latin meanings of the word homo.) (One means "human" the other means "same")

This is just such a brand new way of making a stupid argument (Or possibly trying to redefine homosexuality) that it made me burst into laughter. And the rest of his argument was equally full of trying-to-sound-smart-but-not-actually-understanding-the-words-he-wrote. (That's my thing!) Even better if we take his argument to its logical conclusion: Homosexuality is now defined as human-sexual behavior. Therefore everyone is gay! (Well, except the zoophiles. And the asexuals.)

Something that made me titter like an immature child...I found a package of condoms behind some deodorant when I was doing stock rotation today. A pack of Trojans...non-lubricated Trojans. Someone was considering purchasing non-lubricated condoms.

Wut?

Oh, and a little old lady happened to be walking by as I placed the errant container of prophylactics in its proper place. The look on her face was priceless.

Something that made me titter like an immature child...I found a package of condoms behind some deodorant when I was doing stock rotation today. A pack of Trojans...non-lubricated Trojans. Someone was considering purchasing non-lubricated condoms.

Wut?

Some people are sensitive to the kinds of lubricants that are used in condoms. You really don't want to break out on your happy-bits. So, unlubricated.

Something that made me titter like an immature child...I found a package of condoms behind some deodorant when I was doing stock rotation today. A pack of Trojans...non-lubricated Trojans. Someone was considering purchasing non-lubricated condoms.

Wut?

Some people are sensitive to the kinds of lubricants that are used in condoms. You really don't want to break out on your happy-bits. So, unlubricated.

They're probably using a lube they can handle, separately.

What she said.

In related news, I can't use most condoms. And the ones I can are expensive.

Something good: I actually got out of the house today! :D And did some exercises this morning.

Something that made me titter like an immature child...I found a package of condoms behind some deodorant when I was doing stock rotation today. A pack of Trojans...non-lubricated Trojans. Someone was considering purchasing non-lubricated condoms.

Wut?

Some people are sensitive to the kinds of lubricants that are used in condoms. You really don't want to break out on your happy-bits. So, unlubricated.

My band's gotten an offer to play Summer Slaughter in August. We need to destroy the Chain Reaction venue in Anaheim to be considered for SS, but if we wreck this set we'll be unstoppable! We'll be playing the biggest metal tour in the country and without having been a band for a year!

My band's gotten an offer to play Summer Slaughter in August. We need to destroy the Chain Reaction venue in Anaheim to be considered for SS, but if we wreck this set we'll be unstoppable! We'll be playing the biggest metal tour in the country and without having been a band for a year!

On the way home from work yesterday, ma stopped by the liquor store next to UAMS (yes, UAMS has a liquor store right across the street, its Arkansas) and got two bottles of champagne. Okay, not proper champagne, but still...actually pretty good.

So, I'm acting like a classy bastard and am drinking frosty cold sparkling wine out of a very, VERY fine wine glass. When I move out, I need to invest in a small set of these things... (Wine glasses, that is, not champagnes.)

My band played a fantastic show at the Whisky a-Go-Go tonight. We had enough time to play our Decapitated cover, which we'd planned on skipping, and the audience fucking loved it. The best part of the night, and possibly one of the best moments of my life, was hauling our gear to the car and hearing fans chant our name (Nihilitus,Nihilitus!) as we walked out. Words can't describe how amazing that is.

My cousin's girlfriend is finally giving birth today(labor is being induced). The orignal due date was the middle of March, March came and went. Then they changed the due date to the middle of April, that date came and went, then they were told if she didn't give birth by today, that they would have to induce labor.

Recently I cracked open an old copy of The Joys of Yiddish. I think most of the words in this book can be broken down into these categories:

1) Religious terms2) Insults a) Insults that weren't always insults b) Compliments used ironically to be insulting c) Twenty-plus ways for "complete and utter fool," all with their own slightly differing connotations3) Compliments a) Compliments that were derived from insults b) Compliments that you think are compliments until you accidentally use them in the wrong context, where they become insults, thus making you look like one of the words from 2.c.4) Things parents do to/with their kids (no, I'm not talking about wincest, get your mind out of the gutter)5) Neutral words a) That can also be used as insults b) That can also be used as compliments c) That can be used as insults and/or compliments, possibly at the same time

Recently I cracked open an old copy of The Joys of Yiddish. I think most of the words in this book can be broken down into these categories:

1) Religious terms2) Insults a) Insults that weren't always insults b) Compliments used ironically to be insulting c) Twenty-plus ways for "complete and utter fool," all with their own slightly differing connotations3) Compliments a) Compliments that were derived from insults b) Compliments that you think are compliments until you accidentally use them in the wrong context, where they become insults, thus making you look like one of the words from 2.c.4) Things parents do to/with their kids (no, I'm not talking about wincest, get your mind out of the gutter)5) Neutral words a) That can also be used as insults b) That can also be used as compliments c) That can be used as insults and/or compliments, possibly at the same time

OY VEY!

In other words, I'm drinking wine! Yeah... that qualifies, since I have no life.

I've learned how serialization in C# works and how to make it work! And, holy mother of FUCKBALLS, is it a breeze compared to fucking with XML. I don't have to fucking box with element parsing code, making sure the nodes are read properly and that all the needed values are pulled and are as they ought to be!

This might seem trivial, but you do not know how fucking happy this makes me! For fucking ONCE, the code's doing the heavy lifting! With the Script Writer for Fire Forge, I barely have to lift a god damned finger to write scripts and have them output properly and decompiled/read properly!

My band's gotten an offer to play Summer Slaughter in August. We need to destroy the Chain Reaction venue in Anaheim to be considered for SS, but if we wreck this set we'll be unstoppable! We'll be playing the biggest metal tour in the country and without having been a band for a year!

I'm really, really excited! :D :D :D /raptureready

Sounds awesome, congrats! ;D

Thank you!And to update this awesomeness, I may have more people coming than I have tickets to sell, and have been donated enough $$ that I'm able to get some people in for free! Sure that's cutting in to the profits a little, but it's so going to be worth it :D

I was having a kinda stressful day at work. Then there was a pretty serious crisis after almost everyone else had left (not my fault), and I fixed it. Turned my whole day around. When I left work, I had the theme from Rocky in my head.

My neighbor who's an Italian great grandmother gave me toast and raisin bread on my way to work, and then had homemade pasta and meatballs with dinner rolls and whoopie pies waiting for me when I got home.

My neighbor who's an Italian great grandmother gave me toast and raisin bread on my way to work, and then had homemade pasta and meatballs with dinner rolls and whoopie pies waiting for me when I got home.

Mama Mia! Can we switch neighbors for a while? Though I'd probably end up weighing 500 lbs as a result, at least I'll be chock full of Italian goodness.

Got some friends that I'll be hitting up blues jams and open mic clubs with now. Can't wait to play music purely for the fun of it again (not that the band thing isn't fun, but it's taking a bit of a professional tone to it now).

ETA: The crowd at my gig last night started a wall of death without any prompting from my band. It was fucking amazing.

I got a B+ on a class I was sure I failed (I turned in the final three days late because I'm an idiot) and went to see Biden speak at a local college. It was nice knowing that not everyone in New Hampshire is a ridiculous conservative.

Well your band FB posts an endless amount of updates, so thats not surprising you post about it in here :P

Today, I got 97 percent on a physio prac and 75 on a chem tute test. Im pretty pleased :3

Congrats Deimos, I'm very happy for you because I know you take those tests very seriously and I'm glad you're getting good grades.

Also, I enjoy hearing about how your band is doing Her3tik. I think its cool to know someone who is en route to go big in the music biz.

I also did well on my job interview today (according to a friend who works at the Credit Union) and could be hired in a week or two (or not). So to celebrate doing well, I went shopping and bought a lot of nice stuff. :)

I spent three hours tracking down a bug this afternoon for a university project.

And I found it. Endorphin release on maximum.

(was a smart one, too. A certain flag was not set in one part of the program (which was only a problem due to a recent new feature. Before, the default behaviour took care of it), which led to a later part to miss the special case handling and get trapped in an endless loop.)

A random guildie on DDO asked if anyone was online, not having anything better to do, I told him I was, and he said that he was bored and feeling down. Now, I didn't even know this guy, never met him before that I know of. But, even with that, I asked him what was wrong and he said he and his girl were having some issues with one another. We talked for a little bit, and with a well-placed question or two, found the source to the problem and the solution!

Helping a random stranger I've never even met solve their problems and making them happier people...there's very few things that feel better than that.

Spent yesterday at the LA science museum with my best friend. after winning free tickets to the opening of it's Cleopatra exhibit. Didn't get to post about it until now because my roommate (who may get and F&B post at this rate) didn't pay the electric bill on time, so I came home to no electricity.

No worries. Our singer traced the name out in another image because so many people were having trouble with it. For some reason, it's an unwritten rule in death metal that the band name be nearly illegible.

No worries. Our singer traced the name out in another image because so many people were having trouble with it. For some reason, it's an unwritten rule in death metal that the band name be nearly illegible.

I think my anti-anxiety meds (Buspar, for those who are interested) are starting to work. Went to a fairly well-packed Wal-Mart supercenter today, something that usually makes me at least a little anxious, and I felt fine! Normalcy, I am one step closer...

I think my anti-anxiety meds (Buspar, for those who are interested) are starting to work. Went to a fairly well-packed Wal-Mart supercenter today, something that usually makes me at least a little anxious, and I felt fine! Normalcy, I am one step closer...

I think my anti-anxiety meds (Buspar, for those who are interested) are starting to work. Went to a fairly well-packed Wal-Mart supercenter today, something that usually makes me at least a little anxious, and I felt fine! Normalcy, I am one step closer...

That's good news. I hope the meds continue working well for you. :)

Oh and 'normalcy' is all relative. ;P

But of course. I just like being able to be in a crowd without wanting to run for the nearest exit, lol.

In other news that I'm not sure if it counts as good or bad, I have benign brain tumors. Not sure if it is good since they're there in the first place but not growing again, or if it is bad for the same reason.

In other news that I'm not sure if it counts as good or bad, I have benign brain tumors. Not sure if it is good since they're there in the first place but not growing again, or if it is bad for the same reason.

*hugs* I'm glad they're benign, but I'm sorry you have that in the first place. I had the same thing. Caused seizures all the time.

Periphery released the first single, Make Total Destroy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cLeIz0VE83M), today, and I purchased the album pre-order as an early birthday present. I am very excited for this album, doubly so since I get to open for them in August :D

It is useful, though I don't know how you'd do that if you were wearing a long-sleeved shirt and a bra with straps. Sure, you can slip one arm out of the shirt at a time to get the straps and technically not be taking your shirt off, but come now...

I don't think I know a woman who can't take her bra off while keeping her shirt on. It's a very useful skill.

So true, this also applies to changing clothes while driving.

That does not sound good in any way.

Wow, maybe I'm just among strange company, but just about every girl I've asked (and myself) have done this at least once. Not saying its safe, just that it tends to happen here or there (especially after work or before going out now that I think of it).

It is useful, though I don't know how you'd do that if you were wearing a long-sleeved shirt and a bra with straps. Sure, you can slip one arm out of the shirt at a time to get the straps and technically not be taking your shirt off, but come now...

I've managed it. Just undo the hooks, pull the straps down your arms through the sleeves, and yank it out though the bottom of your shirt. Works even with long sleeves (unless they're tight).

A shirt like this (http://www.rockbottomt-shirts.com/images/products/8462.jpg)? The effort it takes to get the straps down through the entire length of those sleeves far surpasses the effort required to remove your shirt.

It's sunny and warm out (around +20 or so), I had a really good day at work, and I finally finished shopping for my friend's baby shower. I'm really excited about the gifts I have for her, particularly this one adorable three piece dress set, with a matching bonnet.

A shirt like this (http://www.rockbottomt-shirts.com/images/products/8462.jpg)? The effort it takes to get the straps down through the entire length of those sleeves far surpasses the effort required to remove your shirt.

I became an uncle. At 8:03 last night, my sister-in-law gave birth (through C-section) to a girl. She was about 2 weeks early and is a little small, but is otherwise healthy.

My fiancee came home from work and said I needed to get ready to go out, since we needed to leave when her mom got home. "Why do we need to go to Woodbridge?""Nikki is in labor."

As crazy as it sounds, my first two thoughts (in this order) were "at least she didn't wait until Sunday," which is my birthday, and "oh crap, their dad is at a reenactment!" (My father-in-law does Civil War Reenacting.) My fiancee had already called her father, so that was taken care of. Ironically enough, he somehow ended up right behind as when we got close to the hospital. (He said later he wasn't sure exactly how to get to the hospital since he was coming in from a different direction. The he saw my mother-in-law's PT Cruiser, which has bat wings and bunny ears, and fell in behind us.)

My brother-in-law met us outside and walked us in. Nikki's first words to us were "I'm having a C-section. Contractions suck." The C-section was because every time she rolled over, the baby's heart rate dropped, then would gradually come back up and stabilize. Soon after, they wheeled her into the OR, and about 45 minutes after that, a nurse came out and told us we could see the baby in the nursery. We bolted.

It took about 2 hours to do all the check-ups because the computer was giving them fits. Of course, we couldn't tell what was going on; all we knew is the nurses would point to the computer and look concerned. (My BiL told us later the computer would randomly pull up the files of other babies.) She has a set of lungs on her! There is sound-proof glass between the nursery and the hallway, but at times, you could hear her screaming through the glass.

She already has my BiL wrapped around her very tiny pinkie finger. He told us later than when she starts dating, he'll be sitting on the porch, loading his Glock (which he does not own), saying "I don't mind going back to prison." (He's never been in prison.)

Note: Technically, none of the relationships listed are actual ones since I haven't yet married my fiancee. But since everyone treats us like we're married, I'm going to use the terms

I've written my first complete song. By that, I mean all the parts (drums, guitar, bass, lyrics), with no placeholder solos/riffs that I don't plan on using. Now I need to get a side project together to work on it, and other (mostly instrumental) music I've been working on, since none of the stuff I write on my own is usable in a death metal band.

Went out with my band and some friends for my birthday. Drank way more than I'm used to, and am still mostly functioning, though I can tell that my thoughts and reflexes are a bit slow, and don't really care for the feeling.

Too bad this led to a rather strange situation with my best friend (yay alcohol!) that doesn't seem to have yielded any results at all. If it's not clear from the above statement, I'm a little drunk, which I'm not used to, so I'm going to finish that thought in the morning (it also doesn't fit the "good" theme of this thread).

My band finished recording our first song today. Our singer will have it mixed and mastered this weekend, which means it will also be available for download for any curious/supportive ears. I'm sure I'll end up saying this again, but anyone wanting a link to said download should PM me, and then let me know what you think (even if you're not a metalhead).

ETA: Also, it's my birthday today, so I used some of the BDay money I got (and by 'some' I mean 'more than is responsible for any one person') to get tons of CDs. Most of it was stuff I'd downloaded already, but at least now it's legal! And some new music that's just amazing :D (Meshuggah, Corelia, Periphery). Between this and last night's shenanigans, it's been one of my better birthdays.

Tonight I went to a ska show, had something called a Creamsicle Crush (which was super delicious), made friends with some (super drunk) marines, did some dancing (that's apparently called skanking?) and had a fucking awesome time.

Tonight I went to a ska show, had something called a Creamsicle Crush (which was super delicious), made friends with some (super drunk) marines, did some dancing (that's apparently called skanking?) and had a fucking awesome time.

Ska dancing is called skanking, yes. It doesn't necessarily mean the dancers are skanks.

Put in my two weeks notice at work the other day. June 30th will be my last shift as a fry cook. I'm taking a week off then starting a bartender school with a really decent jobs placement assistant program. There is something satisfying about making a plan to improve my situation, implementing it, and seeing things umfold for the better.

In science class, we have had to work on a project where we give a presentation on a certain type of animal. The presentation has to be rather in-depth, as the requirements include number of chromosomes, ecology, phylogeny, etc. If you met all the basic requirements, then you could choose two of six other facts to add to your presentation for extra credit. Since I completed all the basic requirements, I did two. When all the presentation were finished, the class would vote on which animal was the most interesting, and the person who won would get even more extra credit. Everyone was on some sort of tropical biome/marsupial kick, so I decided to do something different. I gave a presentation on the narwhal.

The first one after that long wasn't super bad, other than the part about it lasting for two weeks. I've generally been pretty lucky with that.

You're pretty lucky, my one friend IRL has wonky periods, and and didn't have one for 6 months, and then had it for a month afterwards, which is the reason she was put on birth control. Now my sister was put on birth control due to the fact that her periods caused her to collapse and blackout.

Anyhow, I finally invested in a decent carry bag to put my stuff in, that I bring with me that doesn't fit in my pocketbook. I was using a green grocery bag for about a year now.

The band As I Lay Dying (Bite me, I like them) are filming a new video on Wednesday and are looking for extras. I'm gonna head down and give it a shot; they're doing auditions the same day. Seeing as my casting resume is currently bigger (and more recently updated) than my "normal" resume, I figure it's worth a shot. They're not a small band, so being able to add one of their videos should be fairly impressive, at least to the right people.

During my short vacation to Vancouver, we idly decided to check out the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Turns out that it was a good choice. They have an incredible collection of regional Native artifacts.

Edit: And for today, wrote some new bass parts that are pushing my abilities, and nailing them.

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ETA ETA: Final song for the demo is recorded! :D We will have it mixed & mastered over the weekend, and ready for distribution by Monday. At the risk of coming of as an advertisement, the demo should be available for download (For free). Once that's the case, I can send a download link to anyone who'd like to check it out.

Met some awesome 40-something dude in DDO today. Started out trying to help him figure out a spell, then we ended up talking about gaming, pets, politics, philosophy, Drew...I spent, like, 2 hours doing nothing but talking, which is something I don't do that often unless I'm talking to my lady.

Thursday:My friend's bachelor party (which I planned). Despite communication issues, and having a suit fitting immediately before, it went off extremely well. We had plenty of fun at the arcade, and the sushi dinner was excellent.

Friday:My soon-to-be-married friend, a mutual friend of ours, and I all went to PaizoCon. We nearly didn't get in, but we had a lot of fun. I didn't realize that there was a major LARPing aspect. I'll probably do a post in the Entertainment subforum to explain it.

Saturday:We had the rehearsal brunch, the highlight of which was my toast as best man. I kept in mind all of the warnings I had heard (no embarrassing stories, focus on the groom, keep it short), and after I was done, people (including the groom) congratulated me on having a good speech.

During my short vacation to Vancouver, we idly decided to check out the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Turns out that it was a good choice. They have an incredible collection of regional Native artifacts.

I went there a number of years ago when I was in Vancouver. I enjoyed it, as well as the city in general. I'd definitely like to go back some time.

I have new books for learning Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog. Also, I got a book on Egyptian hieroglyphics, the original epic Les Miserables, and The Grapes of Wrath. I liked John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men so this should be good too.

Okay, so this is going to sound weird, but bear with me. I was walking home from the grocery store, and there was a topless woman walking down the street. That's not what I'm considering the "good thing" for the day, since she was clearly high as fuck and taking advantage of something like that, even peripherally, makes me uncomfortable. What astounded me was, I am in a very busy part of LA, and there are tourists everywhere. None of them cared at all that this woman had her breasts out in public, even with the number of children around. I'm considering this a good day because it seems like a sign that our culture, at least in some parts of the country, is loosening up a bit and not getting so worked up over exposed skin.

This could go either here or in the Things That Annoy You thread, but since it ended well, I'll be optimistic about it.

I spent the better part of 24 hours on the phone and online chat with my cable company trying to find out why my cable was out and my internet was barely working. Anyway, long story short, after a long drawn out pain in the ass, I've got everything reconnected...

... with a lower monthly payment and more than twice the internet speed.

I have done live action role-play based on White Wolf's New World of Darkness system for about 3 years. About a year and a half ago, I started a new character in the vampire venue. I put in an application to play a particular bloodline, which is known to be insane. However, the character himself does not know he is of this bloodline, believing he is a completely different type of vampire. (He is a Malkovian who believes he is a Meket.) The description of Malkovians say they are not normally welcome in most of the vampire groups because of their insanity, but it also says some are accepted. I wanted my character to be in one of the groups that do not normally take Malkovians, but justified it by pointing out that no one (including him) would know in-character. (Ordo Dracul)

The local story-teller refused to approval my application as long as I wanted to put him in play as a member of the Ordo. Faced with "ditch the character" or "bring him into play not as a member of the Ordo," I agreed to bring him in Unaligned. At that point, my application was approved. The ST told me I could join any covenant in-game, so long as I RP-ed actually joining.

A few months later, the venue I was playing in (an IRC game, since there was no game where I lived) died due to lack of players. I kept my Malkovian in the database on the hopes I would get to play him again.

My fiancee and I moved to DC in May, and there is a very active game here. So out came my Malkovian and back into play he went. Only the ST, my fiancee, and I knew he was not actually a Meket. (One friend has since been told as well.) In the 4 games since, I have actively RP-ed him meeting with members of the Ordo and going through the initiation. Last night, he was accepted as a member of the Ordo and as a member of a faction of the Ordo (Dying Light).

As I RP-ed my way and then was accepted, all I could think was "[ST's name], you can [perform a sexual act on me]. Ordo won't take a Malkovian, my [rear end]. Scott is an Ordo and I did it, you [jerk]."

Had a lovely day today. Went to boyfriend's house, got my period (which is good because it means I FINALLY started my birth control pills), had boyfriend give me back rubs because my period cramps manifest as back pain, watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight because I'd never seen them and Dark Knight Rises comes out this week, and had delicious foods and mint Oreos. So. Awesome day.

I got slung with jury duty. At first I was pissed off to the nth degree, but it turns out they're going to pay me a ridiculous amount of money for it. $104.75 per day for the first ten days and any subsequent days will net me $235.65 per day. They've got me on a six week trial too, that's over eight grand in total.

That is just fucking fantastic, I'll finally have the money to build my gaming rig and then some. That also means I can start doing some Let's Plays. New South Wales state government, I love you so much right now.

My two coworkers, who run the ovens, both admitted that they prefer when I mix bread than when either manager does, since not only is my bread easier to bake, but I organize everything so they can bake it all easily, rather than moving crap around for an hour like they do when the bosses mix.

Next week, one of the bakers is on vacation, so I'm helping with the ovens. I mentioned wanting to bake the day after I mix and the other baker claimed that's not fair.

Went to see a friend whom I haven't seen in over a month tonight, and wound up making several new friends. One of them is a gorgeous redhead who loves metal and bars with open jam nights. I am going to see her tomorrow night and give her a copy of my band's demo, and try really hard not to fuck this up and friendzone myself. I smiled for so long on the way home that my jaw hurts.Also, sent out my band's first t-shirt shipment (you know who you are ;)).

It has been a good day.

ETA:And today, I met Periphery. They are my favorite band ever. They signed the CD I brought :D

While I suppose it is more on the neutral side due to circumstances, I still count it as a good thing in the long run:

Bought a bike today because I have to take my truck in for some very expensive repairs soon and it will leave me vehicle-less for a day or two. Took it for a 2 mile spin and promptly died when I got home. Apparently I haven't been using certain muscles in my thighs for the last 10 years (last time I rode a bike).

I managed to donate blood for the first time in about 16 years. Before we moved to FL, my fiancee donated platelets, plasma, and red blood cells every 2 weeks. (It's a rotating schedule, but platelets can be done every 2 weeks, with the others mixed in as they can be.) After we moved back, she started up again. She's been poking me to donate too (at least whole blood, which is what most people think of when they think of "donating blood.")

I hate needles and am a very difficult stick. I've also had a tough time being able to donate over the years (either because I couldn't find a place or I was under deferral). I finally screwed up my courage and agreed to go with her. Last night when we were talking about it, a friend of ours asked if he could come along.

In what I consider to be an irony, my fiancee could not actually donate (her iron was too low). Our friend and I could donate, though. I only did whole blood, which took about 10 minutes from start to finish. Our friend did the "donate everything," which took about 2.5 hours. (Part of that was because they had to restart him because the machine messed up.)

We all have appointments in 2 weeks to go again, and next time, I am going to try the "donate everything."

I think I feel confident enough to reveal my answer to the abysmal stand-alone character creator for D&D Online. For those of you who have never seen it, here's a screencap of it. Note that the pic is shrunk down because the form itself is fucking HUGE. Its so long, that it can't fit on my laptop's screen.

So comparatively clean, you could eat off it. The main program itself is still mostly a skeleton, the only partly-working section is the Skills tab, pictured above. I've been spending most of my time getting the scripting design and tool capable of making this an easily-extensible near-dream of a program.

Before this, I had only the foggiest clue how serialization in C# worked. I didn't even really know how it'd all fit together, but my ramshackle collection of ideas (many fueled by my good friend, caffeine) turned out looking better than its competitor, and I'm doing this all by myself, learning shit as I fucking go.

To the creators of the D&D Online Character Planner, you wouldn't know good GUI design if it bit your dicks off, and I could design a better interface than you in my god damned sleep.

Before this, I had only the foggiest clue how serialization in C# worked. I didn't even really know how it'd all fit together, but my ramshackle collection of ideas (many fueled by my good friend, caffeine) turned out looking better than its competitor, and I'm doing this all by myself, learning shit as I fucking go.

I'll double check how I'm doing it. The easy(and slow in enterprise applications) way largely consists of attaching a keyword to the serializable object, and making sure the right constructors exist for .net to do everything for you. But I don't remember how I'm committing it to a string off the top of my head.

I know that you need (for the way I'm doing it) to include System.Runtime.Serialization and System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary. Also need to give your class the [Serializable()] tag, and make sure its derived from ISerializable. After that, all you need is a deserialization constructor, and to override GetObjectData().

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At long last, a new videophone for me. :D After dealing with SorensonVRS's (http://sorensonvrs.com) shitty technical and sales support team for replacing the VP-200, I can now say I'll have a new videophone for those that like calling me and talking to me.

Goddamn, it is good to finally know that I'll be able to communicate in my native language when needed. :3

I sent my mom a gourmet coffee cake for her birthday. She just got it and said it's amazing. My sister and I get to surprise her with more gifts this weekend, including a new Keurig and tasty gourmet coffee of all flavors.

I must say, if you can save up enough money to get a riding mower, do so. A good one pays for itself in the time and energy it saves. Also wear light white sleeved dress shirt and a wide-brimmed straw hat. You may look like Farmer Brown, but you will feel a helluva sight better. Riding mower or not.

Team GB just got 6 Gold medals in 1 day in the Olympics! 2 Rowing medals (Men's Four & Women's Leightweight double sculls) 1 in cycling (Women's Team Pursuit), 3 in athletics (Jess Ennis in the heptathlon, Greg Rutherford in the long jump and Mo Farah in the 10, 000m). Also a silver in the men's lightweight double sculls and through to the tennis mixed doubles final. :)29 total medals for Great Britain now which is brilliant.

On the minus side the football team lost on penalties (predictable eh)?

I may be getting work as early as tomorrow...doing some housework for a member of a local non-profit my ma's a part of, stuff like painting rooms and stripping linoleum. The lady I'm workin for is offering my bro and I $20/hr, and she said she likely has enough to keep us busy for a week.

So, I'm thinkin, 5 hours a day for 7 days...could work out to near $700. Combine that with her spreading the word to other members of the organization, it could turn into even more work for us. And they're almost all middle-aged white ladies with too much money and too little fortitude.

Althought I'm still feeling the effects of my cold, last night was the first night in over a week that I got a full 8 hours. Before that, even with Niquil (which I hate taking, along with pretty much every medicine), I'd only get about 4 hours a night.

Well last night, I took just under a full dose and lay on the couch to watch TV. I remember watching the Top 100 Video Games when next thing I know, American Ninja Warrior was on. I looked at the clock and it was 5 minutes until my alarm was to go off.

Come Wednesday, I may end up on the jury for a ten week trial. I'm not sure why so many people dislike jury duty. In my state at least, the money is really nothing to sneeze at and there's free coffee.

It's not just today, but I've been in my home town (San Diego) since Friday, and have seen some of my closest friends from high school on Saturday. It's nice to know we're still close, and willing to jump through all sorts of hurdles to support one another. Also a Saturday thing, my mom's hooked me up with a job as a porter/temp agent for apartments through a place she used to work for. I'm going to call them when I get back in town, and then my year+ of unemployment should be coming to an end! :DAlso, yesterday was a surprise party for my cousin's 18th birthday, and my uncle (the one who disowned me over religious opinions) is finally acting normal again :D We talked, played games, and I had my first actual burger in over a decade. It was quite nice. I also had a long conversation with my grandpa about music and technology.Then, today, I saw another friend from HS, and we won tickets to an advance screening of Bourne Legacy for tomorrow night. She also discussed visiting for a weekend once I've got a job and can afford to do things again. That's going to be equal parts strange and fun, but isn't that how the best things in life always are?

I had a fitting and found out I was wearing a size that was way off. Properly fitting bras are the most glorious things ever. I only have three, unfortunately, because my bras are about sixty dollars a piece.

I found the perfect pair of sunglasses. They wrap around very close to my eyes, so no light can possibly get to my eyes from the sides. The frames are thick enough that no light can get in from the top or bottom. They grip my head tightly enough that they don't fall, but not so tightly that it is uncomfortable.

I have multiple migraines almost every week, and a good pair of sunglasses goes a long way toward preventing them and reducing their severity. This is a major victory for me.

Suzan DelBene, who I am interning for, got second place in the primary for Washington's 1st Congressional District. Essentially, she is now the Democratic nominee, and will face off with John Koster in the general election.

Also, I got to meet a sitting member of Congress - Rick Larsen (D-WA). I think that's a first for me.

The Los Angeles Science Museum has announced the Shuttle Endeavor will be arriving at LAX on Sept. 20, and will make it's way to the museum itself on Oct. 13. It will be travelling along LA roads & freeways between these two dates. I am not missing the October date for a damn thing.

I went to my first day of my 10th grade year and these are the events I considered good.(I'll make a separate post of this in the things that annoy me thread after this.)First my friend Micheal was still and we hade a few laughs at lunch. Second the majority of the classes I had were ones I wanted with the exception of one. Also last and foremost in my mind I meet a boy who immigrated from Vietnam he speaks no english but he is so cool (I also may be mildly attracted to him.) so that was what was good to me on my first day. (It still mostly sucked.)

I've managed to get the problem with the SP tables not loading properly hammered out, I've expanded the Class...class, to include an identifier string that tells us what SP table we need to load for it (for a class with no casting power, we have the "none" SP table, which is all 0s). I've also gotten the classes, as they are currently, serializing and loading into the script writer just fine with minimal effort.

Also, got skeleton code for all the other program classes I'll need, and I wrote up (currently non-working, and won't work until I get scripts written up) script loading code for all of em into Fire Forge itself, so, once I get them all hammered out, I'll have about half the loading work already done! I think, all in all, I'm about one third to halfway through, at this point. Skills, Spells, and SP Types are all done...Classes are at about 75% done, and the rest I've either gotten a bit of progress on, or at least have working skeleton code for.

I had to train someone at work today (which was actually really annoying) but I got a free meal out of it. And my trainee told me she felt like she was learning something from me, which she didn't feel was happening with her other trainers.

So, again, this was technically yesterday, but I was incredibly busy and didn't really have time (or energy) for computer things.

First and foremost, I finally got a job! I'm now a porter-for-hire through a staffing company that helps apartment complexes find additional maintenance and leasing staff when they need the help. Take that, 1.5yrs of unemployment!Secondly, after getting back from the interview and changing, I went to a bar and had a really long conversation with one of my closest friends. I also enjoyed getting drunk for the first time, which may have been due to the fact that my friend is more of a philosophical drunk than, y'know, ragey or depressed or something. I also tried my first tequila shot, and this mixed drink that's basically whiskey and lemonade, which was surprisingly good! I then proceeded to crash on my friend's couch, since she lives closer to the bar and I don't currently have keys to my building (another story for a different thread). Not a bad evening at all.

On Tuesday night, Suzan DelBene (whom I am interning for) won second place in the primary for Washington's 1st Congressional District, essentially becoming the Democratic nominee to face Republican John Koster in November.

On Wednesday, the girl who I have been dating called me. She had misunderstood the results and thought that Suzan had lost, so she wanted to make sure I'm OK.

So, again, this was technically yesterday, but I was incredibly busy and didn't really have time (or energy) for computer things.

First and foremost, I finally got a job! I'm now a porter-for-hire through a staffing company that helps apartment complexes find additional maintenance and leasing staff when they need the help. Take that, 1.5yrs of unemployment!Secondly, after getting back from the interview and changing, I went to a bar and had a really long conversation with one of my closest friends. I also enjoyed getting drunk for the first time, which may have been due to the fact that my friend is more of a philosophical drunk than, y'know, ragey or depressed or something. I also tried my first tequila shot, and this mixed drink that's basically whiskey and lemonade, which was surprisingly good! I then proceeded to crash on my friend's couch, since she lives closer to the bar and I don't currently have keys to my building (another story for a different thread). Not a bad evening at all.

Nice, congrats! ;D

In my own yay, I finally finished all the placement tests I need for the classes I want to take in the fall.

Got to work for my mom's friend again today, which means an extra $70 in my pocket (and, later, my account). Also, I heard what is possibly the most hilarious thing I've ever heard in my life...

The lady's son is, unfortunately, very autistic, but he's the sweet kind that's kinda just off in his own little world and wouldn't hurt anyone. Anywho, we were in her car, she was takin my brother and I ('long with her and her son) out to Sonic for dinner, and the topic of the whole Chick-Fil-A idiocy came up. Her son said the most epic five words ever, regarding them: "They're a bunch of losers."

After getting some recommendations from other people, I went out today scouting for tattoo shops. Because I've had a shitty few months, just got out of a bad situation, and my birthday is coming, and I fucking deserve a present! All I intended to do was get appraisals for one specific tattoo, a quote from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing': 'For I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.' I asked around in NY (pre-clusterfuck) and was told usually $200-$250, for a little script tattoo on a wrist. Which is what my back tattoo cost and it's about ten times bigger. So when the second place I checked today said it would be $100, I was pretty damn happy.

And even happier when they said they could do it right then.

And WAY happier when it ended up costing $90.

So I walked away today with a tattoo without expecting to get one. I love it. And it didn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would for being such a sensitive area. Probably because the needle she used was really tiny.

I've been exercising and watching my diet (not extremely closely, but close enough >_>) and I've lost a belt notch worth of weight. I don't know how much weight that is, as I don't have a scale, but it's still encouraging.

I've been exercising and watching my diet (not extremely closely, but close enough >_>) and I've lost a belt notch worth of weight. I don't know how much weight that is, as I don't have a scale, but it's still encouraging.

Think I've gotten the Enhancement class for Fire Forge done the way I want it, haven't slotted it into the script writer, but still, its another thing I can knock off the list! I swear, this is getting easier with each class I finish.

I'm also learning a lot about how games are structured from doing all this, I've now learned the purpose of item IDs, for instance. The Dictionary is probably one of my most-used non-primitive types.

I asked one of my bosses today how I'm doing overall, and he gave an answer that... well, my dad would give. "You're actually doing just fine. Just keep plugging away."

Between that answer and the fact they included me in a group photo for the entire shop (which consists of a grand total of nine people, including me) when I've only been there a grand total of a month and a half as of tomorrow, it's looking like this job is going to be a keeper. You know the phrase, "do something you enjoy, and you'll never work a day in your life?"

Well, no, it still beats my unemployment I was getting by $90 and a little change each week, but considering my last machinist job started me at $10 an hour... mind you, said last job was at a company with 68 employees... much smaller place, this. They can't even afford to offer us insurance as permanent employees. ANY insurance.

I have been dropping my resume my temp agencies in hopes of finding something to tide me over until my Bar results come in. Wednesday I got a call from one of them, asking me to come in for an interview yesterday. I got there and they told me they have a job starting Monday and running for at least a month, maybe a little more.

So starting Monday, I will be back in the workforce for the first time in 3 years. Pay isn't a lot, but it will be enough to cover my expenses for the next month, as well as a little extra. (I need to call Social Services and see if this will end my eligibility for food stamps, which I just got approved for.)

"For a great number of reasons that I don’t want to go into, today was shaping up to be one of the worst days of my life. You know, the kind of day when you just want to lock yourself in your room, turn off your phone, and cry until there’s nothing left in you. One of those days, up until I got on the MAX.

Five stops from home, the train doors slid open and a little girl got on with her family. She couldn’t have been older than six, and was wearing a clearly homemade pink cape and huge pink sunglasses. She sat herself down and proudly informed me that she was a superhero. Figuring I may as well humor her, I asked how the heroics had been going. With a pout, she explained that she’d been looking all day and still hadn’t found any bad guys to fight. I pointed out that if she couldn’t find the bad guys, she could look for the good guys and help them. She agreed enthusiastically, and wrote it down in a little pink notebook with “HERO BOOK” written on the cover in glitter pen. I asked if I could get a picture of her, but she refused- she couldn’t risk anyone knowing her secret identity.

We kept talking for the rest of the ride, and she told me all about her superpowers and how her kitten sidekick was guarding her room at home. As the train rattled into my stop, I thanked her for her conversation and got up to leave. Without warning, she wrapped herself around my leg in a huge hug. I looked down at her in surprise, and she gave the biggest smile I’ve ever seen.

“Hey mister,” she said, “thanks for being one of the good guys.”

Little lady, you may never save the world, but you sure as heck saved my day."

My band just got home from our first out-of-state gig, in Vegas of all places! It was exhausting, but incredibly fun, and the venue wants us to come back in December! I don't remember my privacy settings, but I put up some pics on my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3455998322852.2127938.1357658340&type=3). If that doesn't work, let me know, and I'll just link a few to the Member Pic Thread.

My band just got home from our first out-of-state gig, in Vegas of all places! It was exhausting, but incredibly fun, and the venue wants us to come back in December! I don't remember my privacy settings, but I put up some pics on my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3455998322852.2127938.1357658340&type=3). If that doesn't work, let me know, and I'll just link a few to the Member Pic Thread.

"For a great number of reasons that I don’t want to go into, today was shaping up to be one of the worst days of my life. You know, the kind of day when you just want to lock yourself in your room, turn off your phone, and cry until there’s nothing left in you. One of those days, up until I got on the MAX.

Five stops from home, the train doors slid open and a little girl got on with her family. She couldn’t have been older than six, and was wearing a clearly homemade pink cape and huge pink sunglasses. She sat herself down and proudly informed me that she was a superhero. Figuring I may as well humor her, I asked how the heroics had been going. With a pout, she explained that she’d been looking all day and still hadn’t found any bad guys to fight. I pointed out that if she couldn’t find the bad guys, she could look for the good guys and help them. She agreed enthusiastically, and wrote it down in a little pink notebook with “HERO BOOK” written on the cover in glitter pen. I asked if I could get a picture of her, but she refused- she couldn’t risk anyone knowing her secret identity.

We kept talking for the rest of the ride, and she told me all about her superpowers and how her kitten sidekick was guarding her room at home. As the train rattled into my stop, I thanked her for her conversation and got up to leave. Without warning, she wrapped herself around my leg in a huge hug. I looked down at her in surprise, and she gave the biggest smile I’ve ever seen.

“Hey mister,” she said, “thanks for being one of the good guys.”

Little lady, you may never save the world, but you sure as heck saved my day."

That is just pure, unadulterated, grade-A awesome right there. Good on both you and her. :)

My band just got home from our first out-of-state gig, in Vegas of all places! It was exhausting, but incredibly fun, and the venue wants us to come back in December! I don't remember my privacy settings, but I put up some pics on my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3455998322852.2127938.1357658340&type=3). If that doesn't work, let me know, and I'll just link a few to the Member Pic Thread.

That's awesome! Your facebook thing doesn't work, though.

It works for me. You probably have to be friends with him on Facebook to see it.

I got to have a nice, friendly back-and-forth with a Druid in DDO today during a Delera's run. I kept teasing him for being a hippie, tree-hugging dwarf, and he kept teasing me about being a boring, stuffy Monk who only eats broccoli.

Got the internet fixed after a week of problems that essentially kept me offline!

As far as things I wanted to post go, my job's been going great. The apartments I'm contracted out to said they want to keep me working for them indefinitely, and would hire me outright if they could afford the fee needed to break my contract with my employer. They even agreed to give me a 4-day work week so I'd have time for my band's shows without needing time off.

Yesterday at Summer Slaughter was fucking brutal. The first two rows in front of the stage was almost exclusively our fans, and the pits we got were absolutely vicious. I even saw a few absolute strangers wearing our shirts, and had some people come up to us and say they showed up early just to catch our set. Also, BTBAM fucking killed their set. Such a good freakin' day.

ETA: Dunno how I forgot this, but this morning I deposited my first paycheck in over 3yrs.

My dad's best friend Kevin lives in New York and has been quite alone and depressed for some time now, especially after my dad's death. My dad was working on a massive model train landscape that he built from scratch, and we wanted to give it to Kevin to have something to remember him by, as well as something fun to work on since he's stuck at home due to disabilities. It was going to cost a couple hundred dollars to ship, but my grandmother who also lives in New York will instead take it back with her so he can have it. This makes me so happy. I've wanted him to have it for ages now.

My vacation ends in two days. Not that I didn't enjoy it, but that means that in two days, I get to see my girlfriend again. Oh, and it's her brother's bar mitzvah, so I get to see her all dressed up. And I get to dance with her!

I was about to go to bed when I heard some faint meowing outside. I went out, and sitting on the deck was this beautiful, and very hungry looking kitten. I put some food and water in a couple of bowls, and he sucked it all down like there was no tomorrow.

I brought him inside, and my mom and grandmother both fell in love with him, as did I. We had to keep him. We couldn't just give him some food, then send him off into the cold unknown.

I gave him a bath because he was smelleh, and now he smells good. He's super soft, like a rabbit. And he's SUCH A SWEET CAT. He's been attached to me all night. Even as I type this, I type with one hand because I have to hold him in the other.

I finally got around to watching Breaking Bad. I'm seven episodes into season two and so far, while the show is a little slow and the family drama side of things is a bit over-emphasised, overall it's fairly decent, especially for a drama. I should have a good bit of fun with this show over the next few weeks.

It must be "obtain a cat" week. I'm getting a 1-year-old kitty to foster (possibly keep, the owner and I need to work out whether or not he'll be able to afford to take her back) later on today. She has one of the prettiest coat patterns I've seen -- mostly black, grey and cream bullseye tabby, with swirls of copper throughout. I'll post pics of her when I bring her home, and get her settled in a bit.

Creep (my other cat) is taking it surprisingly well. In his younger days he was quite the little hellion. Any time the subject of another cat, or even a dog got brought up, we had to consider that Creep would torment any new additions. Just a few weeks ago we turned away a kitten that our neighbor offered us. However, that kitten had a home, so there was no guilt or consequences involved in turning it away.

Max, on the other hand, has obviously been stray for a while. He's got no meat on him. He's all fuzz and bones. He was dirty and smelly. We had to take him, regardless of how Creep might react.

He's been good, though. He's hissed at Max a couple times, but all in all he seems to be taking it in stride. I chalk it up to him being older and less full of piss and vinegar than he used to be.

I finally got around to watching Breaking Bad. I'm seven episodes into season two and so far, while the show is a little slow and the family drama side of things is a bit over-emphasised, overall it's fairly decent, especially for a drama. I should have a good bit of fun with this show over the next few weeks.

Wait until season 3. There's less family drama and more drug drama.

Hades, you need to get a female cat now and name her Chesty Laroux, or one of the other names Homer tried to get Marge to use.

Found out I'll be playing Vegas, a CA metal fest, and Phoenix (for pay!!) in November, may have a month-long tour in January, and will be playing a 2-day music festival in Colorado over the summer. A friend from Florida said she'd fly out for said festival since she already has relatives in CO.

Yesterday was my girlfriend's brother's bar mitzvah. After the (rather brief) ceremony, we went back to her house. We spent almost the entire time prior to the guests arriving that evening cuddling. And today begins our two-day date, starting with breakfast this morning.

I'm quite pleased with how much I've accomplished today. I had giant stacks of bank statements, hospital paperwork, and various cards on my desk that I sorted into trash, shred, and recycle piles. My desk is far neater and I don't have a dreaded feeling every time I look at it now. I also found a ton of old gift cards to places like Subway and Best Buy that still have some money on them.

My Nintendo 64 still works. It's been in sitting in the bottom of a rather heavy box for the past month and it's a little dusty, so I was worried it was gone for good when it refused to start a couple of times. Turns out it just needed to warm up. Turn it on and off a couple of times and it works just fine. Thank fuck my days of playing Banjo-Tooie as it's meant to be played are not yet over.

Aye, you really should. To my knowledge those old cartridge based games have battery-fed memory for save files. It's 2012 now, those batteries aren't going to hold out for much longer, particularly for the older systems.

Aye, you really should. To my knowledge those old cartridge based games have battery-fed memory for save files. It's 2012 now, those batteries aren't going to hold out for much longer, particularly for the older systems.

It's been a few years since I've had them out. Not that long, but I do check them every so often. Last time I had them out, all the cart-based games worked. Even Legend of Zelda (NES) still had my first file on it where I beat the game the first time. Never saved over it. Same with Link to the Past (SNES).If they ever were lost or corrupted, I'd be a little bummed, but I know stuff like that can't last forever, what with the batteries being so old.

Good thing that happened today: I got a haircut. I am much cooler. If just literally instead of also figuratively.

We had a load of Mills&Boon romance paperbacks come in to work today, so I spent the morning amusing myself by putting price stickers over key words in the titles to make them much more interesting. EG, 'A Night of ****ing', 'A **** at the Altar', Staking His ****', etc.

We had a load of Mills&Boon romance paperbacks come in to work today, so I spent the morning amusing myself by putting price stickers over key words in the titles to make them much more interesting. EG, 'A Night of ****ing', 'A **** at the Altar', Staking His ****', etc.

Well, it kept me entertained, anyway :P

That is awesome. Unless M&B is the "clean" sort of romance, in which case it is false advertising and you should be ashamed.

Turns out my wife did get the autograph. However, since she has a bad knee and hip (car wreck when she was younger), she couldn't stand in line for long, so she paid extra (and did some begging) to get it mailed to her.

Edited: Spoilered because I didn't realize it was going to be that big. (The image, people, get your heads out of the gutter!)

Technically this was yesterday but... I volunteered at an Aboriginal festival, got a volunteer gig doing research for the service running it, and was welcomed into the community by some of the elders. Given that until two years ago I'd believed that my family's Aboriginal heritage was a hoax created by my aunt to get benefits (gotta love my mum's racism and bitchery), this is pretty significant.

I also got to taste crocodile and emu. Crocodile tastes like the best parts of fish and chicken, emu tastes like steak.

I feel really good today, like, better than I have in quite a bit. I went for a nice run just a few minutes ago, and its an absolutely beautiful day today...I was actually a little disappointed that I had to go inside, which is a very rare thing. I feel really relaxed and calm, if I didn't know better, I'd swear I was high, lol.

I have two confirmed custom orders, I was stopped by a woman on the street asking about my necklace and wound up giving her my details and prices for custom work, and I might wind up with another order. :)

Last night my dad and I rode our motorcycles through the country on an old favorite road of ours. We ended up pulling over in a dark area and you could see every star in the sky.

By sheer happenstance, I turned around and lo and behold there was a bright orange flaming streak in the sky that I at first took to be an airplane or firework. It took me a couple seconds to realize it was a shooting star, the biggest and brightest I've ever seen and which I now think was a large chunk of space debris burning up on reentry because before it winked out it started breaking apart. I grabbed my dad, pointed at it and we were both slack-jawed at what we were seeing. It must have been visible for a good three or four seconds before vanishing. He said it was the brightest shooting star he'd ever seen in his life and that he'd remember it for the rest of his days.

And on a less spectacular but no less pleasing note, on the way home I finally rolled over the 1,000 mile mark on my bike, which means it's now past it's break-in period. ;D

Technically yesterday now, but the new graphics card works! Skyrim, high, mondotexture pack, doesn't even flinch. Gonna try it on ultra tonight, but holy shit was that pretty looking out from dragon's reach. Used to be just kinda... white. It's also quiet as hell and pretty cool so far. Now I just have to wait for borderlands 2 to come out.

My boss is apparently holding me up as the standard by which is measures my coworkers, wants to hire me on full-time (instead of the temp work I'm technically doing), and says he can get me a 15%-20% raise in the process. The best part? I haven't even worked there for a month yet :D

Technically yesterday, now, but... between my roommate and I, we cleared back probably... a good hundred feet of brush, vines and undergrowth. Now to kill the whole area with 'fuck-you'-level herbicide, KEEP it dead, then come next year, we'll rake it all out, cut down a few trees, and rent a wood chipper for a weekend... then we'll dig out after that, and plant grass, and officially expand the lawns.

Last night, my girlfriend and I were talking, and we both agreed that we want to eventually get married. It wasn't a surprise, given that we've already discussed marriage (though more along the lines of "I want X to happen at my wedding"), and we've only been together less than 2 months, so we're trying to move slowly, but we're now of the opinion that we're probably going to get married.

On the subject of good days, this one involves sexy time, so I'll spoiler it.

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Today was a great day. Woke up early, had sex. Made biscuits and gravy with sausage, delicious. Had sex again right after. Walked outside, found fifty dollars. Spent some time outside with my baby Tortoise and wife. Went back inside and had sex again, knocked her unconscious from pleasure. After ten minutes, called the hospital, got a tele-highfive and told to call back if she hadn't regained consciousness in another ten (she woke up right after hanging up). Got some groceries with the fifty I found earlier, including some gelato.

1. I was able to get up in time to watch the season premire of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, I was afraid that I might sleep through it, because Nicki loves her sleep more than anything else.2. The season premire was great, Kenobi fighting with 2 lightsabers and the last shot was a hoot, but I'm a sucker for that Palpatine smirk.

Since they're going to need help putting all the clothes away, that we weren't able to today, they gave me a couple more hours of work for tomorrow, which means more money for me. Plus I was able to set a personal record at work with getting 9 ICAPS(the store credit card application) this month, I'm lucky if I get 4 in a month.

I shaved using a pocketknife. The shave wasn't great, but hey, I feel badass.

On a related note, my brother asked for a Straight razor for Christmas, and my whole family thinks he's lost it, but this result of seeing way too many horror films and whatnot with people getting killed with one.

My cat came home from the vet this morning. The surgery went really well, and she seems to be healing up nicely. The bill was expensive ($423), but seeing how happy she was when I came in to pick her up made it all worth it. She's an adorable little bugger.

Nay, my brother, nothing so pedestrian! Atop my two-wheeled steed I didst ride along the dangerous path into the fabled city of Portland. I braved the sidewalks and bridges of this many-rivered metropolis with one goal in mind- to acquire the needed armamanents to conquer the insidious armies of the facial hair!

My sole guide in my quest was the light voice in my ear, the dulcet tones of that blessed spirit who calls herself "Siri" and her mighty tool, the legendary Global Positioning System. Down Portsmouth and Lombard, across Clay and Davis, my pedal-powered vessel carried me swift as the wind. And lo, not two hours later I saw it, that massive structure of concrete and more concrete with magnificent red chimney, that ancient citadel known only as the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry!

With hands swift and sure I locked my steed to a nearby pole, and strode in as befits a hero. I nodded to the guards of this industrial temple- I meant them no threat, and they were none to me. I entered that merchant's stall they call the gift shop, and with but one mighty wave of my hand captured the rapt attention of the salesclerk. Unto that comely lass I bespoke these words:

Twas a day or two ago, but I found out recently that my uncle Reggie...actually isn't a Christian, he's a deist. An honest, dyed-in-the-wool deist. And, the best part? He's surprisingly cool about the whole thing, about me being an atheist in a family that's pretty much all one flavor of Christian or another. Says that religion's something that ought to be a personal deal, something you keep in your heart, in your mind, and in your home, but something you don't try to force upon others or wedge into any conversation you happen to come across.

I repeat, I HAVE FOUND ANOTHER SANE MAN IN MY FAMILY. Know what that is? A breath of fresh fucking air.

I've gone down another pants size, I now can fit into a size 10( I've been working for almost a year, and I've gone down from a size 16 to a size 10). Also I got a new pair of pjs, and it was on sale...YEAH!!

It has nothing to do with my training or previous work experience -which I must admit was pretty varied, including but not limited to cleaning, farm-work, automation engineering and assembly, maintenance and last but not least, electrical work in ambulances, taxis and other specialty vehicles.

Now I'm gonna be a telephone salesman.

Actually, this is the first time I'm going to be in contact with customers.

Every year since a couple years before I was born, my dad's side of the family has rented a cabin for one weekend every winter as a sort of family retreat. Seeing as my family's grown a bit since then, and many of us are now adults, there has been some discussion as to when myself, my brother and step siblings, and our cousins, will need to start paying for ourselves. So far, it seems like our parents are content to pay for us and, while I'm perfectly content with this (who doesn't like not paying for things?), I want to start doing something to help out with this affair, since it takes a lot of planning and coordination between everybody. So, I've gotten the aforementioned cousins and siblings to agree to take care of the traditional big meal that's usually relegated to one family, including purchase, prep, and serving. As of right now, everyone's on board, we've agreed on what to make (pizza from scratch), and we don't need too much help from our folks. Feels great to take the initiative and finally give back with something like this.

I received a perfect score and glowing comments on the paper I turned in a few weeks ago. I didn't start reading the 466 page book until less than 6 hours before the paper was due. I read the book, wrote the necessary 7 pages, and turned it in without so much as a single proofread. Oh, and I was sick that day.

My wife bought me a digital camera so I can take pictures when we go on ghost walks for our anniversary this week. I look forward to taking and posting lots of picks of pretty much nothing, but it's still fun.

Wrote a riff in 5/8 (which I've been dying to do for quite some time) that I really like, and I'm working on my band's first bass solo. Getting it down is going to be a nightmare, but hopefully it'll sound good.

Just found out I'll be opening for The HAARP Machine (https://www.facebook.com/thehaarpmachine?fref=ts) next month!

I'll also be opening for (my) hometown heroes, As I Lay Dying, as well as Killswitch Engage, but that's mostly cool for nostalgic reasons. I am very excited about this festival (https://www.facebook.com/cametalfest?fref=ts) now.

More like the past couple of days. We went to St. Augustine again for our anniversary, and aside from the hotel undergoing construction (It's becoming a Best Western) and our favorite burger shop closing, we had a lot of fun.

Monday night, we went on another ghost walk. I took a bunch of random pictures, figuring noting would appear in them. The next day we saw something in them. My wife, the firm believer in an afterlife, insists they're orbs. I though, the skeptic, am still unconvinced.

We also toured the tour, went to the Old Jail, Wax Museum (her favorite) and the downtown area. Overall it was fun; the hotel was just annoying.

Finally got to debut in my hometown, and played my first live bass solo. The solo was a mess (it was a very last minute decision as we had to fire one of our guitarists), but I the rest of the show was solid and I could hear myself really well for once. I actually surprised myself with how well I was doing.

I've found the pair of ear-buds that I've lost months ago in the washer. Apparently, it was inside a pair of pants I have not worn in a while, and it's even a miracle that they still work after having been through getting drenched and washed inside.

The grocery store Wegmans recently opened in my area, and I was finally able to go today. It is so incredibly amazing. I am taking my camera next time I go. There is a soda machine with over 125 different flavors, the food court is as big as a restaurant, and the candy aisle is like a straight up candy store. It has its own parking garage, and there is an escalator in the store.

I got my credit score in the mail and am very pleased with it. I also have a credit card on the way to help further improve that number. This excites me and makes me look forward to apartment-hunting once I graduate.

The grocery store Wegmans recently opened in my area, and I was finally able to go today. It is so incredibly amazing. I am taking my camera next time I go. There is a soda machine with over 125 different flavors, the food court is as big as a restaurant, and the candy aisle is like a straight up candy store. It has its own parking garage, and there is an escalator in the store.

Heh, they're awesome, they started here in Rochester and I rarely shop anywhere else. Though I think I'll have to check out some of their newer stores, most of them around here are like 20 years old. Still nice, but pre-mega store.

I went to therapy today and after explaining to my therapist about my troubles being bisexual and transgender I felt like a huge stone was lifted from my back and I felt twenty times happier than when I entered.

I felt genuinely happy today and not the small kind of a happiness I get when I leave school or get a new video game (which I did today four to be exact thank you steam Halloween sale) but I feel real grade A happy for once in my miserable life.

I must say, I've a new found respect for the 360 port of Minecraft. Despite the lack of mods, being several versions out of date and a rather clumsy interface, playing split screen with my cousin was probably the most fun I've ever had playing Minecraft. Since finding a nearby ravine (which I dubbed The Stone Vagina) and an abandoned mine, our current project is to gather fuckloads of rails and lay a track going from our base to the bottom of said ravine. So far its coming along rather nicely, even if gold is really fucking hard to come by.

Sooo many good things among the bad ones, that I can barely count them (most of them happened yesterday, though, but I think it still counts because it just sank in!)

I did find in which hospital my husband is and the person at the call center was really kind and helpful! (he was called an ambulance when he kind of collapsed at work, but no one took time to inform me! I found out about it at night when I got from work and he was nowhere to be found and answered his phone kind of confused and not exactly knowing where he was... )

I was calculating that if his employer doesn't pay for his ambulances (he was transferred from er to better hospital) or his hospital stay we'd be paying around €500 from our pockets to cover the costs, but my mother (who knows everything <3) told me that my estimates were far off! Ambulance drives should be around €10/each and hospitalnights around €30-50/each (And no, he does not have private health insurance and so on...). So yay! Not too big dent in our budget!Plus the nurses at the hospital where he was yesterday (I managed to get the in visitation time even though I couldn't get off work earlier!) were really super nice! (Nothing compared to that shitty deathtrapofaplace where he was first taken from work!)

It also is just "minor" issue in his vestibular system or something, so nothing life threatening!

And best news of all times! He gets to come home today. He just called that the doctor gave him permission to leave and I'm about to go and pick him up in few hours (they still need to write him off and so on...) so: yay!

I should have gone in on a solid state drive earlier! Last time installing window seven took about 3 hours, which I could largely ignore. Now, just over an hour(and I'm cooking). With all of 20 second full cycle boot times.

My DragCave account has all five slots filled up with dragon eggs from this year's Halloween release. I usually miss major holidays and their releases, so... yeah. This one was handled very well. TJ (the admin) moved the release date forward because of the hurricane, and ever since he chose to switch to biomes as egg drop sites it's been a lot easier for people to spread out and get the egg they're looking for.

I took the LSATs (Law School Admissions test) a few days ago and did alright (not good by my standards, but good nontheless) and since getting my scores my e-mail has been blown up. I got some fee waivers to some schools I wanted to apply to and one from Liberty University. I sent them this

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To whom it may concern,

I am very honored that you had decided to take the time to congratulate me on taking the LSAT and even more honored to be recognized by a university within the state, I would like to study law in Virginia. More so, having been to Liberty University in 2006 & 2007 as part of my High School's Lincoln-Douglas debate team, I must say the campus is very beautiful and it seems the perfect environment to study law.

I guess my main question is what kind of law does Liberty specialize in? I am not really interested in studying law for my benefit, but more so to help out other LGBT youth. As a trans-woman, I am especially interested in the fields of health care, employment, housing, and civil rights and their relation to transgendered men and women.

Again, thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you,~QueenofHearts

My mum's early birthday gift finally arrived today. The laughing, smile, and hugs made the purchase and wait more than worth it. That poor woman's been thru hell the past few days, so giving her something to genuinely be happy about feels really good.

I took the LSATs (Law School Admissions test) a few days ago and did alright (not good by my standards, but good nontheless) and since getting my scores my e-mail has been blown up. I got some fee waivers to some schools I wanted to apply to and one from Liberty University. I sent them this

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To whom it may concern,

I am very honored that you had decided to take the time to congratulate me on taking the LSAT and even more honored to be recognized by a university within the state, I would like to study law in Virginia. More so, having been to Liberty University in 2006 & 2007 as part of my High School's Lincoln-Douglas debate team, I must say the campus is very beautiful and it seems the perfect environment to study law.

I guess my main question is what kind of law does Liberty specialize in? I am not really interested in studying law for my benefit, but more so to help out other LGBT youth. As a trans-woman, I am especially interested in the fields of health care, employment, housing, and civil rights and their relation to transgendered men and women.

Again, thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you,~QueenofHearts

I have been having a blast trolling all my Romney-supporting friends, seeing the states that've legalized gays and weed, the end of political ads, crying Republican talking heads... And I haven't even said who I voted for.

Well, the class that day is just 11-11:50, so I'm quite alright with that. The current semester has been particularly bitchy because on Mondays and Wednesdays, I don't get out until 6:15 pm.

Yeah, I know the feeling. My last full semester of University, I had a MWF class from noon-1 and then Tues/Thursday classes from 8-3:15 (with a break from 12:30-2). I think University departments get together and plan "this is how we're gonna fit the most classes into the fewest days so the students are swamped."

Well, the class that day is just 11-11:50, so I'm quite alright with that. The current semester has been particularly bitchy because on Mondays and Wednesdays, I don't get out until 6:15 pm.

Yeah, I know the feeling. My last full semester of University, I had a MWF class from noon-1 and then Tues/Thursday classes from 8-3:15 (with a break from 12:30-2). I think University departments get together and plan "this is how we're gonna fit the most classes into the fewest days so the students are swamped."

That sounds dreadful. I'm thankful I haven't had to take any 8 am classes, since this department doesn't appear have anything that early.

I enrolled for my classes next year. Only taking 3 subjects each semester since theres a third year subject in it.

Also my partner has just about finished building me a new gaming computer!. 3.3 ghz processor. 2ddr. 9800GT graphics gard. Not too bad, though I'm not exactly a hardcore gamer anymore, just some relativly old ones from a couple of years ago i wanna play.

I enrolled for my classes next year. Only taking 3 subjects each semester since theres a third year subject in it.

Also my partner has just about finished building me a new gaming computer!. 3.3 ghz processor. 2ddr. 9800GT graphics gard. Not too bad, though I'm not exactly a hardcore gamer anymore, just some relativly old ones from a couple of years ago i wanna play.

Well the games I want are ARMA 1 and 2, Napoleon total war and Medieval total war 2.

Also, my partners sister is offering me and my partner free accommodation in Thailand for a week to be used before june. Now theres just the case of getting the funds together and convincing mum to let me go

I took the LSATs (Law School Admissions test) a few days ago and did alright (not good by my standards, but good nontheless) and since getting my scores my e-mail has been blown up. I got some fee waivers to some schools I wanted to apply to and one from Liberty University. I sent them this

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To whom it may concern,

I am very honored that you had decided to take the time to congratulate me on taking the LSAT and even more honored to be recognized by a university within the state, I would like to study law in Virginia. More so, having been to Liberty University in 2006 & 2007 as part of my High School's Lincoln-Douglas debate team, I must say the campus is very beautiful and it seems the perfect environment to study law.

I guess my main question is what kind of law does Liberty specialize in? I am not really interested in studying law for my benefit, but more so to help out other LGBT youth. As a trans-woman, I am especially interested in the fields of health care, employment, housing, and civil rights and their relation to transgendered men and women.

Again, thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you,~QueenofHearts

Follow up to this story, Liberty ACTUALLY got back in touch. Just now, I can't believe it. These fools be trolllin'.

Sounds like a royal pain in the ass for the players. You've shelled out for a bunch of cards, you've got a pretty solid grasp of the meta-game and a comfortable strategy built around it, then suddenly its all useless.

Then again, I suppose it would keep things from getting stagnant, ensures power creep isn't an issue and keeps things accessible to newbies. I suppose it all comes down to what you're looking for in a trading card game.

Sounds like a royal pain in the ass for the players. You've shelled out for a bunch of cards, you've got a pretty solid grasp of the meta-game and a comfortable strategy built around it, then suddenly its all useless.

Then again, I suppose it would keep things from getting stagnant, ensures power creep isn't an issue and keeps things accessible to newbies. I suppose it all comes down to what you're looking for in a trading card game.

It works the same way with Magic: The gathering.

And let's face it, not only is this more profitable it is also the only viable way to keep any sort of balance in a card game that gets new sets every year.

Thanks for your interest in Liberty University School of Law. There is no particular area of law that the law school would claim as its particular specialty. Because of the tremendous faculty, world-class facilities, and rigorous skills training, Liberty Law can train you in any area of law you desire to practice. Also, due to the nature of the law school being a distinctively Christian institution, all classes are taught within the context of the Christian worldview.

Many of our students are motivated to serve others with their degrees. Each year there is a sizeable portion of the graduating class that goes into some sort of public interest or non-profit organization employment.

I hope these answers help. Please let me know if you have any further questions about the law school or the admissions process.

Oh! I got some news that if it goes through and is even a quarter of what I was told might happen, I could have certain things paid off quicker than I thought and might even be able to have something approaching a reliable income.

Or they've gotten enough bad press already, and they're afraid that you're baiting them, so they sent back a letter that is as neutral as possible while still making sure to say that they examine the law from a Christian perspective. I interpreted that letter to mean "We don't want any dirty trannies here, but we are smart enough to know that we could get in trouble if we flat out say that a specific class of people are not welcome here, so we're just going to point out that we study law from a CHRISTIAN point of view (hint, hint).

Well part of me doing this is to make sure I can pass the Navy s physical exams and the such mostly the 3 mile run that they put you through (I went through some basic over the summer and I hate this part the most)

Well part of me doing this is to make sure I can pass the Navy s physical exams and the such mostly the 3 mile run that they put you through (I went through some basic over the summer and I hate this part the most)

If you're required to run, you need to start running. The biking will help a little, but not much.

While I was driving home on I5, a chap in a black Lexus chose to weave around the UPS truck behind me and cut me off. Fortunately for all involved, I managed to pull off the complicated hybrid of braking and accelerating needed to prevent a three-car pileup, as he obviously had somewhere important to be, judging by the bird he flipped me as he drove off at seventy miles an hour. Not ten minutes later, I happened to pass by the selfsame Captain Lexus as he argued with a police officer on the side of the road.

I couldn't resist the temptation to toss him a smirk and jaunty two-fingered salute as I drove by. Justice is a wonderful thing.

Performed at California Metalfest, and can now say I've opened for Animals as Leaders, As I Lay Dying, and Killswitch Engage. I'll throw a pic or two up once I figure out how to go about it (don't really want a photobucket account just for forum posts, y'know?).

I got to meet people at the naval base today since my professors selected me and two others to apply for internships there, and it was super awesome. The main two folks talked about projects they were doing, which mainly consist of data mining, and I'd looooove to be involved in that. I hope I get accepted.

I helped a lost dog out. This little reddish brown poodle followed me and my dog home from our afternoon walk, and it took a liking to me. After an hour of calling different places and whatnot, I ended up taking it down to my dog's vet office, for them to check it out. It had a flea collar on, but no microchip or tags, it wasn't neutered and about 2 years in age. They told me they were going to keep it over the weekend and hand it over to Animal Control. So when I get home, Animal Control was at my house finally, and I told them they could find it at the vet's office. I have a friend at work that's looking for a little poodle type dog, I'm telling her about this little guy. If no one claims him, I would love for her to have him. This little guy is such a sweetheart of a dog.

I've been having a very nice start to my weekend. Getting back into WoW with my friends, playing some Battlestar Galactica Online with another friend, writing, getting permission from several writers to write quick fics about some of their characters as thank yous for the entertainment they've given me with their work...

So yesterday on my way to work, I bummed into Cracked's Michael Swaim in front of the Rose Quarter. I sent him a Tweet about it, and he just responded by saying he's read my blog, calling me an excellent writer, and telling me to keep it up. I'M FUCKING DYING OF JOY.

The Steam version of Scribblenauts finally patched, so I've been doing that all weekend. It's really kind of cutting into my drawing time. (http://forums.fstdt.net/fstdt-lounge/things-that-annoy-you/) >w>

So yesterday on my way to work, I bummed into Cracked's Michael Swaim in front of the Rose Quarter. I sent him a Tweet about it, and he just responded by saying he's read my blog, calling me an excellent writer, and telling me to keep it up. I'M FUCKING DYING OF JOY.

My parrot learned to keep a tempo to a song without me helping him.Whenever he hears a song with a catchy beat, I click my tongue to the tempo. He learned to imitate the clicking sound somehow and copy my tempo. At first he would keep the tempo for 10 seconds and then gradually speed up and get lost, start over, then repeat. After a few tries he usually get frustrated and walks away (You can tell by his face and coos he's thinking "You know what? Fuck it! I can't do this shit").Today I played a song without clicking for him and he did it by himself. He clicked to the beat exactly until he got tired.

The song was the theme song from "GTA 4: Ballad of Gay Tony" by the way.

The gomashioo furikake I ordered from a Japanese Ebay seller arrived today. Not only was it a bit bigger than I'd expected, the seller also threw in an art postcard and a little "Thanks for buying"-type letter in Engrish.

So yesterday on my way to work, I bummed into Cracked's Michael Swaim in front of the Rose Quarter. I sent him a Tweet about it, and he just responded by saying he's read my blog, calling me an excellent writer, and telling me to keep it up. I'M FUCKING DYING OF JOY.

I play Dragon Cave, which is basically my substitute for hoarding and becoming a crazy cat lady. My hobby is rescuing eggs that other players abandon. Most people consider it thankless work, but it's necessary for someone to do it because otherwise the main cave would not be able to drop new eggs. Also, there are some uncommon dragons that drop more frequently in the abandoned area than they do in the regular cave, so that's a plus too. Anyway, I picked up a random dragon and just found out that it is a 8th-generation Dorkface lineage dragon. Basically, that means that it can trace itself back to Midas Dorkface and Shallynaar, two famous dragons on the site. They are rather sought-after eggs, so why the fuck would anyone abandon one?

Got registered for college today! Haven't chosen my classes yet, I'll do that after I wake up later on today, but I'm closer than I've ever been, and it feels really, really good. Also found out from the FAFSA site that, because my Expected Family Contribution is literally nothing, I stand to receive up to $5,500 from Pell grants alone.

Since it's nearly finals week and everyone is stressed to hell, my school is bringing specially trained dogs into our library for people to enjoy. I don't go to the library much, but I think that's a really cool idea.

I got to see something I haven't been able to see in years: a cityscape at night. A lot of people I know would probably find it odd or just plain wrong, but all those little, twinkling lights below me, casting their glow like tiny stars...there's few things like it. There are few things that make me feel more at home than seeing those beautiful lights in the dead of night. Only shame is that I don't actually live where I'll see those particular lights...but, with any luck, I'll be seeing a new set soon enough.

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Also, haven't been to Little Rock at all today. Going out is all well and good, and a necessary part of staying sane, but I hope I can avoid going to town for at least the rest of this week. Unless I'm promised pizza. Then, I might be tempted...

I may have a girlfriend now, and I asked her out with the best line ever.

So she came to my dorm's coffee bar tonight. I said hi, and we got to talking. She's the girl I mentioned a few weeks back who I sort of asked out to dinner. She asked why I did that, and I fumbled my answer.

Me: Well, I really like you- Um, I'd really like to get to know you better.

I may have a girlfriend now, and I asked her out with the best line ever.

So she came to my dorm's coffee bar tonight. I said hi, and we got to talking. She's the girl I mentioned a few weeks back who I sort of asked out to dinner. She asked why I did that, and I fumbled my answer.

Me: Well, I really like you- Um, I'd really like to get to know you better.

Her: Was that first thing what you meant to say?

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Me: No, but I think it's what I meant to mean.

She gave me her number. I'm glowing with joy.

Awesome, brother! Best advice I can give, and this is gonna sound really corny, is to just be you. Don't try to put up a false front, because brother, lemme tell ya, it is far, far better to be disliked for who you are than to be loved for something you're not. If that works out well, you'll know...once you get past the initial awkward "oh my god, I have a girlfriend" phase, you should find that talking to her and bein around 'er is as natural as breathing.

How do I know? That's exactly how it is with me and my lady. More'n 18 months on, and we can still sit around talking for hours on end. We can even enjoy bein with one another without speaking a single word.

Just, keep this in mind, always: actions will always speak louder than words.

I may have a girlfriend now, and I asked her out with the best line ever.

So she came to my dorm's coffee bar tonight. I said hi, and we got to talking. She's the girl I mentioned a few weeks back who I sort of asked out to dinner. She asked why I did that, and I fumbled my answer.

Me: Well, I really like you- Um, I'd really like to get to know you better.

Her: Was that first thing what you meant to say?

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Me: No, but I think it's what I meant to mean.

She gave me her number. I'm glowing with joy.

Now that you have her number, be sure to send her a picture of your penis. It shows confidence and a refreshing up-front attitude about both your assets and your intentions. Girls love it when you take such a step to remove a large amount of uncertainty about a relationship and thus a large potential for drama from the get-go.

Hmmm, been a while since I've watched it, but I do remember a writer's strike going on during season two and it being a real stinker. But I don't remember much about season 1. Now I want to rewatch it.

I just discovered an awesome way to play Halo 3. Slightly alter the Infection game mode to give the zombies 300% movement speed, then select the Sandtrap map. Hilarious zombie-vehicle chases will ensue. I tell you, get a few friends/family to play with and it's an absolute hoot.

I just made my first game mod. Specifically, I took the MiscMods mod for Europa Universalis 3, and tweaked the Shattered Europe scenario to create a Jewish OPM in Lisboa. And it WORKED! Long live the Republic of Sepharad!

I got an email from one of my online star wars buddies(she's huge Palpatine fangirl like me), she's almost finished with the picture that she's drawing for me, and she hopes to have it finish by christmas. If anyone is interested in her work, here's her blog (http://pileofsith.tumblr.com/), she has her DA account linked on it also.

Not today, but yesterday at work I got to meet Lilly the Hero Pit Bull (http://www.facebook.com/LillyTheHeroPitBull?ref=stream). Awesome pittie who rescued her owner's mom from being hit by a freight train.

I have a job interview with a local Public Defenders Office on January 2. Apparently they had tried to call and e-mail me, but had the wrong phone number and (I suspect) typed my e-mail address wrong. But I called to follow up (not knowing either of the above) and left a message with the correct number. So they called and scheduled me.

My adviser informed me that I do not require any more electives: the seminar that I took this semester was the last one I require as a graduate student (actually, I'm a little annoyed by this, as he told me that I was going to need another one after this when I met him in August, but whatever).

I finished my paper for my class today. As such, with the exception of my thesis, this was the last paper that I will write as a Master's student.

My brother was in a car accident today, and the pictures look pretty terrifying, but nobody was hurt (despite the fact a semi was involved). I'll count that as a good thing.

Two things of great happiness happened to me today. The first is that I finally passed my algebra 1 finals which I had to retake twice. The second is I am done with first semester finals and don't have to go back to school after tomorrow so I am ultra happy and exited about the rest of my 10th grade year.

Got the majority of my Christmas shopping done. Now I just have to wait for Steam to get on with their sale so I can finish off the last of it.

Also, tis a good day for people who own Alpha Centauri on GOG.com. They gave us Alien Crossfire for free. Finally, it's now possible to get that game without either pirating or paying through the nose on eBay.

I finished my Christmas wrapping today. Also, when I called a couple places to pay bills, it turned out that my account had been credited for a couple things, so I have nothing to pay. That leaves at least an extra $400 in my pocket, which is quite pleasing.

Had a nice evening of reading up on psychologist Carl Jung's theory of the 'shadow'. It's incredibly interesting, and seems to be meshing with my personal philosophies in a way that are helping them change and grow. I can't wait to get my hands on his published works so I have more than snippets and analyses to browse.

I finished my Christmas wrapping today. Also, when I called a couple places to pay bills, it turned out that my account had been credited for a couple things, so I have nothing to pay. That leaves at least an extra $400 in my pocket, which is quite pleasing.

Wrote a good number of riffs that'll likely form a new song. It's incredibly sad and depressing.

ETA: Also got an offer to write some blues tunes for an indie film one of my high school buddies is working on. If he gets it into Sundance Film Festival, I'll get an IMDB page and be able to add "Composer" to my resume :P

Mum came home a lot early from work, both because there were no patients in her area and because of the roads being a bit more...treacherous than normal, due to snow/ice. Also, surprised me with pineapple Smirnoff Ice. Normally, I don't drink, I can't stand liquor. Also, whenever the fam gets liquor, they bet beer, which is fucking disgusting no matter what pretty name you dress it up with. Seems ma noticed this, and decided to get me somethin, as well. Might be a bit odd, her gettin me booze, but...well, the intent was genuinely good, and I'm glad she took me into consideration.

Oh, she also got a bottle of red muscadine wine for New Year's. I quite like wine, especially -that- particular variety.

Today's my birthday. Got two books using a gift card and a Starbucks using a free drink coupon, and a free Red Robins burger that I split with my sister. Since the family is broke, I have a belated party next weekend. 90% finished with a crochet 3DS carrying case- just have to block the other two pieces (not enough pins to do all three at once), attach a button, and sew the pieces together, all of which takes maybe 15 minutes after the blocking is done. Also fixed my copy of Portal 2- turns out one of the files wasn't verified.

Somehow the girls in my department ended up talking about boobs, and I have the most admired ones.

Hahaha, I remember in my 9th grade year my female friends were talking about how they thought their breasts were too small. I walked up and said "What are y'all talking about?" and everyone was like "OH shut up you!", since I am a D cup.

Went to the best NYE party I've ever been to. Drank the most I ever have, vaguely remember dancing to music I usually hate, met some cool new people, and got to know one of my best friends a lot better. I get the feeling this is going to be a good year.

So my next ink is going to be adding some more and finishing up one of my current tatts, but I found a sick design for one my next two full inks. The first one I'm going to do is a silhoutte of a forest around my right wrist, but I stumbled across this one today. I had gotten a new Alestorm album, and this was on the cd and the back inside paper as well.

So my next ink is going to be adding some more and finishing up one of my current tatts, but I found a sick design for one my next two full inks. The first one I'm going to do is a silhoutte of a forest around my right wrist, but I stumbled across this one today. I had gotten a new Alestorm album, and this was on the cd and the back inside paper as well.

I found $1 on my way home from volunteering and I found this awesomely geeky indie makeup place called Victorian Disco (http://www.victoriandisco.com/), and they have a collection of Star Wars (http://www.victoriandisco.com/collections/galaxy-far-far-down-the-street) inspired makeup. And yes, I did order some. :D

Also, more good stuff happening: I got my car back with the new alternator in the day after I dropped it off.

I'm partial to alpaca, cashmere, cotton, and bamboo yarns. The first two types are pretty pricey (especially if you shop those niche stores that carry the really nice brands), and I have too many animals to have that much nice string around, so I usually save that for gifts. Cotton and bamboo are general use stuff.

I am jumping for joy right now. My internship application required transcripts from both of my colleges, and I was having issues with getting my community college to send one. Well, I just checked my application status, and the transcript has been processed! I'm good to go!

I am jumping for joy right now. My internship application required transcripts from both of my colleges, and I was having issues with getting my community college to send one. Well, I just checked my application status, and the transcript has been processed! I'm good to go!

I am jumping for joy right now. My internship application required transcripts from both of my colleges, and I was having issues with getting my community college to send one. Well, I just checked my application status, and the transcript has been processed! I'm good to go!

Well I just FINALLY got my new phone! After dealing with all that shit with the original phone I got two years ago being awful and being replaced several times, then having an old phone with a cracked screen, it's good to have something that actually fully works again.

So there's this girl that bullies everyone in our grade, and I mean everyone. But she's a complete coward. Like today, basically I stood up for someone from her. Later when I saw her I wanted to talk to her. Every time I tried to talk to her she ran away, this happened 3 times. Lately I've been making jokes about her, and everyone laughs at them. I like to do this because she gets REALLY self conscious when I joke about her, like even with a really light one about her that no one should get offended by, she turns bright red and can only react with "Yeah?! well...you.. sh-SHUDDUP BITCH". It's actually quite hilarious.

I'm just really happy to discover that she's actually really pathetic, and now I can stand up to her, and get a laugh.

Lately I've been making jokes about her, and everyone laughs at them. I like to do this because she gets REALLY self conscious when I joke about her, like even with a really light one about her that no one should get offended by, she turns bright red and can only react with "Yeah?! well...you.. sh-SHUDDUP BITCH". It's actually quite hilarious.

Lately I've been making jokes about her, and everyone laughs at them. I like to do this because she gets REALLY self conscious when I joke about her, like even with a really light one about her that no one should get offended by, she turns bright red and can only react with "Yeah?! well...you.. sh-SHUDDUP BITCH". It's actually quite hilarious.

That really isn't very nice.

They aren't mean jokes though. Like we had a little project where we basically drew pictures. Everyone's of course didn't look stellar. We all started making fun of everyone's posters for fun. She just called my poster stupid and that she didn't want to look at it. So I made a joke about her poster. She drew a bull and the horns looked weird, so joked about them having bunny ears. Because she bullies me a lot she gets pissed whenever people laugh with me instead of her.Then she got all pissed off and started acting like some kind of victim and then tried to bully me again(She calls me stupid, and makes fun of me because I take anti-depressants, and a bunch of other things). Of course I didn't really care because it basically came down to her stuttering. This is the same girl that says everyday that she "Doesn't give a shit about what others say about" her. I mean, she makes fun of rape victims who don't scream or struggle because apparently being frozen in fear is "stupid". She's an absolute bitch and half of my friends are scared of her(the other half she ass kisses to, so they think she's an angel).

Sounds like someone who's just got no sense of humor, to me. Seriously, if she can't take a run-of-the-mill schoolroom ribbing, well...tough. I've known alpha bitches like that, think they're the cock of the walk, but the moment someone makes even a tiny, innocuous joke about them, the fucking world's ending or some shit. It doesn't have to be something huge, you could just use an old, grade school "somethin on your nose" joke, and they'd fly off in a pissy little huff.

Now, I'm not saying ya outright mock 'er, or treat 'er like utter shit, but again, if she's a complete cunt, I can't really be arsed to care if she's so pathetic that she can't take an innocent joke.

Lately I've been making jokes about her, and everyone laughs at them. I like to do this because she gets REALLY self conscious when I joke about her, like even with a really light one about her that no one should get offended by, she turns bright red and can only react with "Yeah?! well...you.. sh-SHUDDUP BITCH". It's actually quite hilarious.

That really isn't very nice.

I know we all can't be as nice as Jeb, but we should try. If she's that insecure about things, picking on her (even if she tacitly condones it by picking on others) isn't the answer. I was bullied in High School and at the time it does suck, but after you graduate, you'll think back and wonder "why did I even respond to such pettiness." I think it's best to just let it go if she tries to put you down. A simple "yeah, my picture sucks, eh" will quickly take the sting out of her insults. Likewise, when she picks on others just telling her it's not nice and being friendly towards those she bullies will make her look bad enough.

My views on the matter; if she can dish it out but can't take it, I say let her fucking have it. In my experience, the only thing cunts like that understand is being decisively put it their place. All this "turn the other cheek" nonsense sounds all high and mighty in theory, but in practice it just sends the message that they're free to walk all over people with no consequences whatsoever.

Lately I've been making jokes about her, and everyone laughs at them. I like to do this because she gets REALLY self conscious when I joke about her, like even with a really light one about her that no one should get offended by, she turns bright red and can only react with "Yeah?! well...you.. sh-SHUDDUP BITCH". It's actually quite hilarious.

That really isn't very nice.

I know we all can't be as nice as Jeb, but we should try. If she's that insecure about things, picking on her (even if she tacitly condones it by picking on others) isn't the answer. I was bullied in High School and at the time it does suck, but after you graduate, you'll think back and wonder "why did I even respond to such pettiness." I think it's best to just let it go if she tries to put you down. A simple "yeah, my picture sucks, eh" will quickly take the sting out of her insults. Likewise, when she picks on others just telling her it's not nice and being friendly towards those she bullies will make her look bad enough.

TL;DR, you're better than that, don't stoop to her level.

Yeah, there are better ways to go about a situation like that. Just bullying back makes you no better than her.

Lately I've been making jokes about her, and everyone laughs at them. I like to do this because she gets REALLY self conscious when I joke about her, like even with a really light one about her that no one should get offended by, she turns bright red and can only react with "Yeah?! well...you.. sh-SHUDDUP BITCH". It's actually quite hilarious.

That really isn't very nice.

I know we all can't be as nice as Jeb, but we should try. If she's that insecure about things, picking on her (even if she tacitly condones it by picking on others) isn't the answer. I was bullied in High School and at the time it does suck, but after you graduate, you'll think back and wonder "why did I even respond to such pettiness." I think it's best to just let it go if she tries to put you down. A simple "yeah, my picture sucks, eh" will quickly take the sting out of her insults. Likewise, when she picks on others just telling her it's not nice and being friendly towards those she bullies will make her look bad enough.

TL;DR, you're better than that, don't stoop to her level.

Yeah, there are better ways to go about a situation like that. Just bullying back makes you no better than her.

Yeah I was kind of worried about that. None of it is outright bullying, usually whenever she goes on a bitch-fest about someone behind their back I'll call her out on it, and sometimes be sassy about it. I usually just stand up for people in a humorous way.Like one day she was making fun of a trumpet player because he messed up(He's really sensitive about it, and he's attempted suicide twice. He's my friend and he thinks he's worthless except for his trumpet playing). Well I pointed out that last week he had to replace her for almost half a song because she sucks so bad at playing. Her face was priceless.Another time she was making fun of a girl for looking like "a twelve year old boy with too much eye-liner", which is total bullshit. The girl she was making fun of was absolutely gorgeous and really sweet too. Also she wears boy's clothes so it didn't make any sense to make fun of another girl for sometimes wearing tomboyish clothes. Well I said "Sounds like someone's jealous!" and she got really mad. Then I told her that she kinda looked like her so she shouldn't make fun of her. She just tried to come up with a lame insult and she was really embarrassed.

I think the right answers to those would've been to assure the bullied person that they play/look fine, offer a bit of praise about them (you play fine, wish I could stay that in synch & I couldn't pull off that look) and then ask her why she has to be so mean to people. Of course, she'll say something mean to you, but just let it go.

I understand that she is asking for it by being rude, but it isn't worth it. My brother and sister-in-law are no different, they thrive off of high school drama and try to get everyone they can involved in their stupid games. It has lead to them outing me to around town when I don't take their sides in petty squabbling. I let it go. I don't speak to them nor do I consider them family, but I don't perpetuate their drama. And of course people talk and say nasty things, that's what people do. However, a lot of people see them for what they are the minute they (other people) tell me what's being said and hear me say "I know what they're saying, I'm not going to let it get to me" and leave it at that.

Finally, and I'm not trying to beat a dead horse, but the fact you brought up such a story in this thread implies that you took pride in what transpired. That's really what I think is most concerning to us.

I guess the reason I'm proud is because I'm no longer scared of her like a lot of people are.Ignoring what she says doesn't work though, because she makes those jokes to MY friends and then gets them to make the jokes too. If I don't react they wont stop. I've tried to tell her seriously to stop but she just laughs and tells me to STFU. Also I can't really ignore some of the stuff she does since it's interrupting me, like in class if I say anything to my friends she will tap me on the shoulder and tell me to STFU for no reason. None of my other friends notice this though since she kisses their asses.

I feel so happy today... I had a long, much-needed discussion with a friend of mine vis a vis religion vs. faith last night, and a weight's been lifted off my shoulders. I've got lunch and an Ubermonster in me, I'm going to write later, and I may even bake a cake tonight, just for fun. On top of that, I got a lovely fudge recipe from my roommate's mother. That's on the docket for next week's baking.

I feel so happy today... I had a long, much-needed discussion with a friend of mine vis a vis religion vs. faith last night, and a weight's been lifted off my shoulders. I've got lunch and an Ubermonster in me, I'm going to write later, and I may even bake a cake tonight, just for fun. On top of that, I got a lovely fudge recipe from my roommate's mother. That's on the docket for next week's baking.

I feel so happy today... I had a long, much-needed discussion with a friend of mine vis a vis religion vs. faith last night, and a weight's been lifted off my shoulders. I've got lunch and an Ubermonster in me, I'm going to write later, and I may even bake a cake tonight, just for fun. On top of that, I got a lovely fudge recipe from my roommate's mother. That's on the docket for next week's baking.

If you don't mind me asking, WHAT is an Ubermonster?

An Ubermonster is a variant on the Monster energy drinks... they make it with an adapted German brewing process. Non-alcoholic energy drink, comes in this amazing glass bottle that you need a bottle opener for... about $4 each, but it hits you like a truck.

I tend to prefer the regular or giant bottle variants of Monsters. The teensy tiny ones do next to nothing, for me, and I have the sneaking suspicion that its because its more "energy blend" and less caffeine.

I tend to prefer the regular or giant bottle variants of Monsters. The teensy tiny ones do next to nothing, for me, and I have the sneaking suspicion that its because its more "energy blend" and less caffeine.

I'm fond of the Lo-Carb variant, but the Zero Sugar new version they've got is oddly delicious. Fruity! Still has substantial kick, but no sugar. And the can design is badass too. The Ubermonsters have classical Gryphons on the label.

I just wrote a crapload of HTML on my first day of class, and it actually looks like something decent. I feel mighty fine, considering I haven't done any error checking, but just opened the page to see how it turned out.

I just wrote a crapload of HTML on my first day of class, and it actually looks like something decent. I feel mighty fine, considering I haven't done any error checking, but just opened the page to see how it turned out.

I. Hate. Tumblr's. HTML.

In other news the games I ordered are on their way and I'm playing a game of 'will this all arrive in the same box?'

We've had one in the office, but just recently they pushed the cup prices up to 50 cents each. A few days later someone sends out an email to the entire company advertising 'free market' cups for 30 cents each(still more than the original 25). As of this morning we now have an offical policy that sending out emails to the entire company without permission from HR can result in disiplinary action or being fired.

Not really good, but funny shit from where I'm sitting.

Tea, caffine without needing hot water. Just sit the bags in and wait till you can't see through it anymore, then you've got something that'll perk your ass right up.

So I picked up my w-2 today, and I was curious to how much I would get back, so I just did a quick tax calculator thing and if it did it right I should get about $1,132 back...I'm putting half of that in my savings account.

Just played a round of League of Legends where both team's AD carries scored penta kills. Statistically, you're only supposed to see that once per 150 games or so.

Feelsgoodman

I love video game moments that make you feel badass. I've been playing WoW again because one of my friends got me back into it, and we were doing a dungeon run. Normally in a dungeon, I average about 25-50k dps, but was doing over 98k at one point that dungeon run. I felt unstoppable.

Just played a round of League of Legends where both team's AD carries scored penta kills. Statistically, you're only supposed to see that once per 150 games or so.

Feelsgoodman

I love video game moments that make you feel badass. I've been playing WoW again because one of my friends got me back into it, and we were doing a dungeon run. Normally in a dungeon, I average about 25-50k dps, but was doing over 98k at one point that dungeon run. I felt unstoppable.

Nice. Overperforming in any capacity feels great.

I should clarify though, for my part, that the statistics are one pentakill per 150 games, not one per team. Also, I was not the one to score this, and in fact died when my team got it.

Just played a round of League of Legends where both team's AD carries scored penta kills. Statistically, you're only supposed to see that once per 150 games or so.

Feelsgoodman

I never actually carry a team when I play a carry. Mostly cause my twitch reflexes, builds, what have you just don't give me a whole lot of damage output. But! I can set up kills for others to get so I'm good for something.

Just played a round of League of Legends where both team's AD carries scored penta kills. Statistically, you're only supposed to see that once per 150 games or so.

Feelsgoodman

I never actually carry a team when I play a carry. Mostly cause my twitch reflexes, builds, what have you just don't give me a whole lot of damage output. But! I can set up kills for others to get so I'm good for something.

Ironbite-though when I get Fizz I get triple kills all the time.

Right? I always go for support. Woe be unto the team that makes me carry, or, gods forbid, play AP. Guaranteed disaster every time.

Once again, got praised on my apparently excellent pancake-making abilities. Your standard mix of milk, eggs, and self-rising flour, but with oneeeeee exception...seeing as we've no vegetable oil, I decided to substitute it with melted butter. Worked out very, very well!

So a when we were talking about double standards and sexism in english class, a guy joked "A lock that is unlocked by many keys is a bad lock, and a key that unlocks many locks is a master key" (yeah that's an metaphor for sex in case you didn't notice) . I said to him "A pencil sharpener that sharpens many pencils is a good sharpener, but a pencil that is sharpened by many wont be a good pencil for long"*.

*I got this from someone here who responded to the same "lock and key" thing with that comeback. Sorry, I forgot who it was... I think it was in the "Dumbest protest signs" or "dumbest political cartoons" or "Things people say on facebook rehashed" threads...

So a when we were talking about double standards and sexism in english class, a guy joked "A lock that is unlocked by many keys is a bad lock, and a key that unlocks many locks is a master key" (yeah that's an metaphor for sex in case you didn't notice) . I said to him "A pencil sharpener that sharpens many pencils is a good sharpener, but a pencil that is sharpened by many wont be a good pencil for long"*.

*I got this from someone here who responded to the same "lock and key" thing with that comeback. Sorry, I forgot who it was... I think it was in the "Dumbest protest signs" or "dumbest political cartoons" or "Things people say on facebook rehashed" threads...

The fact that you got to use a burn from the threads is awesome. What was his reaction?

So a when we were talking about double standards and sexism in english class, a guy joked "A lock that is unlocked by many keys is a bad lock, and a key that unlocks many locks is a master key" (yeah that's an metaphor for sex in case you didn't notice) . I said to him "A pencil sharpener that sharpens many pencils is a good sharpener, but a pencil that is sharpened by many wont be a good pencil for long"*.

*I got this from someone here who responded to the same "lock and key" thing with that comeback. Sorry, I forgot who it was... I think it was in the "Dumbest protest signs" or "dumbest political cartoons" or "Things people say on facebook rehashed" threads...

The fact that you got to use a burn from the threads is awesome. What was his reaction?

The episode of Star Wars The Clone Wars finally aired that I've been waiting for since the end of August. The last ten minutes were the most awesome shit ever.

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Also, Did I hear that right, that Palpatine is going to keep Maul alive?? I'm guessing Palps is going to use Maul as a guinea pig of sorts, like how Plagueis used Venamis as one. Fuck Yeah, Mad Science Fun.

Also, OMG, OMG, OMG, I have this online buddy from Croatia, she's really into Star Wars, and her favorite character is Palpatine, and that's how we connected...I just found out she's a Pony fan too.

Found a bottle of Victory Brewing Company's Oak Horizontal, an oaked barleywine ale. It was a limited release and is getting hard to find.

Victory makes great stuff.

That they do. I really need to make a trip up to their brewery sometime, within 45 minutes of where I live.

Only discovered them fairly recently. Was at a packie (what we call a liquor store up here) and didn't see any of my usual choices. I noticed their HopDevil Ale, and decided to give it a go. Absolutely delicious.

I found a way to back up and restore PGP WDE or Truecrypt WDE encrypted, hardware independent operating systems installed on an internal HD. This is without using a separate boot partition or a separate boot CD.

The episode of Star Wars The Clone Wars finally aired that I've been waiting for since the end of August. The last ten minutes were the most awesome shit ever.

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Also, Did I hear that right, that Palpatine is going to keep Maul alive?? I'm guessing Palps is going to use Maul as a guinea pig of sorts, like how Plagueis used Venamis as one. Fuck Yeah, Mad Science Fun.

Also, OMG, OMG, OMG, I have this online buddy from Croatia, she's really into Star Wars, and her favorite character is Palpatine, and that's how we connected...I just found out she's a Pony fan too.

Waitaminute. Isn't Clone Wars set between episodes 2 and 3? And wasn't Maul cut in half during Episode I? Is this like Anakin's little "flesh wound?"

The episode of Star Wars The Clone Wars finally aired that I've been waiting for since the end of August. The last ten minutes were the most awesome shit ever.

(click to show/hide)

Also, Did I hear that right, that Palpatine is going to keep Maul alive?? I'm guessing Palps is going to use Maul as a guinea pig of sorts, like how Plagueis used Venamis as one. Fuck Yeah, Mad Science Fun.

Also, OMG, OMG, OMG, I have this online buddy from Croatia, she's really into Star Wars, and her favorite character is Palpatine, and that's how we connected...I just found out she's a Pony fan too.

Waitaminute. Isn't Clone Wars set between episodes 2 and 3? And wasn't Maul cut in half during Episode I? Is this like Anakin's little "flesh wound?"

The episode of Star Wars The Clone Wars finally aired that I've been waiting for since the end of August. The last ten minutes were the most awesome shit ever.

(click to show/hide)

Also, Did I hear that right, that Palpatine is going to keep Maul alive?? I'm guessing Palps is going to use Maul as a guinea pig of sorts, like how Plagueis used Venamis as one. Fuck Yeah, Mad Science Fun.

Also, OMG, OMG, OMG, I have this online buddy from Croatia, she's really into Star Wars, and her favorite character is Palpatine, and that's how we connected...I just found out she's a Pony fan too.

Waitaminute. Isn't Clone Wars set between episodes 2 and 3? And wasn't Maul cut in half during Episode I? Is this like Anakin's little "flesh wound?"

He survived. Duh.

His story arc is about as dumb as you're probably assuming.

It's Star Wars. at this point, they'll make up any old shit if it'll make a quick buck, no matter how convoluted and asinine.

The episode of Star Wars The Clone Wars finally aired that I've been waiting for since the end of August. The last ten minutes were the most awesome shit ever.

(click to show/hide)

Also, Did I hear that right, that Palpatine is going to keep Maul alive?? I'm guessing Palps is going to use Maul as a guinea pig of sorts, like how Plagueis used Venamis as one. Fuck Yeah, Mad Science Fun.

Also, OMG, OMG, OMG, I have this online buddy from Croatia, she's really into Star Wars, and her favorite character is Palpatine, and that's how we connected...I just found out she's a Pony fan too.

Waitaminute. Isn't Clone Wars set between episodes 2 and 3? And wasn't Maul cut in half during Episode I? Is this like Anakin's little "flesh wound?"

Worse than that, cut in half and fell into a plasma reactor. But yes, he did indeed survive thanks to his "pure hatred" keeping him alive. Apparently the reactor shaft he fell into was actually leading into a waste water tank, where he got shipped to another planet and used the Force to somehow fuse himself to a spider-like robotic body.

Yeah, they REALLY wanted to keep the only good character from Episode I alive.

To be honest I'm not that fond of the whole "Let's bring Maul back" stuff, but hey if Boba Fett can survive falling into the Sarlacc, then Maul can survive being cut in half, and surviving on hatred. Especially if it leads to Palpatine deciding to open up a can of whoop ass on him and his half brother... That being said Palpatine IS the Best Character of the whole saga...

To be honest I'm not that fond of the whole "Let's bring Maul back" stuff, but hey if Boba Fett can survive falling into the Sarlacc, then Maul can survive being cut in half, and surviving on hatred. Especially if it leads to Palpatine deciding to open up a can of whoop ass on him and his half brother... That being said Palpatine IS the Best Character of the whole saga...

See, Fett surviving the Sarlacc is believable because he was still in Mandalorian armor and was a walking armory when he fell in. Darth Maul? Not so much. Even his "pure hatred" would have hardly kept him from surviving a landing into water so far down the pit that you couldn't even see anything but black. The Force hasn't been demonstrated to have so much power, especially for a relative newbie, that it can save your body from being utterly pulverized AFTER being bisected at the waist.

Also the Sarlac pit is meant to slowly digest you over 100 of years of torment so - escape is kind of on the cards for a guy covered in armour with a jet pack.

As for maul surviving a 100 m odd fall with only half a body. Surely he would have bled to death. Even presuming the lightsaber instantly cauterised his wound the impact of the fall if not killing him would certainly have opened up the wounds causing him to bleed to death. Not to mention shock.

However I understand that even palpatine comes back but at least that is resurrection by way of a 'perfect' clone rather than being fucking unkillable.

To be honest I'm not that fond of the whole "Let's bring Maul back" stuff, but hey if Boba Fett can survive falling into the Sarlacc, then Maul can survive being cut in half, and surviving on hatred. Especially if it leads to Palpatine deciding to open up a can of whoop ass on him and his half brother... That being said Palpatine IS the Best Character of the whole saga...

See, Fett surviving the Sarlacc is believable because he was still in Mandalorian armor and was a walking armory when he fell in. Darth Maul? Not so much. Even his "pure hatred" would have hardly kept him from surviving a landing into water so far down the pit that you couldn't even see anything but black. The Force hasn't been demonstrated to have so much power, especially for a relative newbie, that it can save your body from being utterly pulverized AFTER being bisected at the waist.

Wait...why are you assuming Maul is a relative newbie when it comes to the Force? Where, anywhere, did Lucas say this?

Wait...why are you assuming Maul is a relative newbie when it comes to the Force? Where, anywhere, did Lucas say this?

Ironbite-Citation bloody needed bub.

As I recall, he was the sith equivalent of a padawan (to Sidious, if memory serves), so it's pretty likely. That and his Mad Lightsaber Skillz suggests that pretty much all of his training has been in that, while his force powers were of secondary concern.

Wait...why are you assuming Maul is a relative newbie when it comes to the Force? Where, anywhere, did Lucas say this?

Ironbite-Citation bloody needed bub.

As I recall, he was the sith equivalent of a padawan (to Sidious, if memory serves), so it's pretty likely. That and his Mad Lightsaber Skillz suggests that pretty much all of his training has been in that, while his force powers were of secondary concern.

This is correct. According to Wookiepedia's sources with the dates, he was only 22 when he appeared on Naboo and got bisected, which is about the exact same age as Anakin (who was noted for being unusually strong in the Force). In The Wrath of Darth Maul, he was actually sent to an academy to learn assassination and was told not to use any of his Force abilities except for his heightened senses. Most of his training consisted of making him a deadly fighter and encouraging his rage and anger.

Either way, there's been very few times in canon that I can recall where a Jedi has been shown to use the Force to outright prevent massive physical trauma. The pit was so deep that you couldn't even see the bottom; even if it was nothing but deep water, the height was almost definitely above 100 meters (if I remember correctly, the height at which you're almost definitely suffering fatal injury). If the impact alone wasn't enough to kill him, it would have broken his arms and left him unable to swim, or knocked him unconscious so he could drown.

To make matters worse, all the sources I can find call the pit the melting pit. That doesn't bode well for the contents.

Guy in power armor loaded with close range weapons falling into a giant monster and blowing his way out? I can buy that. Guy getting sliced in half and falling into a pit hundreds and hundreds of meters deep and surviving long enough to get dumped on the junkyard of another planet hours later? Nah.

However I understand that even palpatine comes back but at least that is resurrection by way of a 'perfect' clone rather than being fucking unkillable.

Palps does come back, he has a shitload of clones growing on Byss, but he comes back as more of a Caligula (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCaligula) rather than the chessmaster, I know and love.

So, yesterday, my Middle Eastern History professor met with each of his students individually, to go over how we're doing in class. And he had nothing but good things to say. He really likes how well read I am (it's gotten to the point that when he asks a question, he only calls on me if nobody else knows the answer).

Also, if you have any interest in Middle Eastern history or politics, I highly recommend you watch this documentary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvXLKt-_3U) on the Six Day War.

So this technically happened yesterday, but I did not have computer access, but I finally got to play Soma San Diego. For those of you not familiar, Soma is the metal venue for San Diego county. I lived up the street for it throughout all of high school, and spent many weekends and untold amounts of money there with my best friends, moshing to my favorite bands of the time. It's one of the big things that expired me to become a musician, so being able to play there, especially when my band isn't even a year old yet, is a dream come true. The venue didn't charge us for tickets we didn't sell like most do, they had stage hands to help us get our gear on and off stage, and some of my best friends (As well as parents, grandmother, and first guitar teacher) were in the audience. And, after the show, this one guy that was up against the front rail the whole time pulled me aside to tell me what a great player I am and ask for pointers to get better. It was weird but incredibly flattering. To top it off, the room was filled with people, and they all loved our music. Last night was easily the best show I've ever played. I can die happy now.

ETA for today things: In an attempt to be more outwardly appreciative and affectionate towards my friends, I wrote three of them letters. One of them was sent to Texas, since I can't exactly get there myself, while I hand delivered the other two tonight, along with a rose for each (all three of them are women, if that wasn't obvious). I don't mean anything by the timing, but let's be honest, flowers are easy to get right now. Also, something in my head was insisting that this was the only rational response to... I still don't really know what made me do this, but the reactions thus far have been well worth it.

So this technically happened yesterday, but I did not have computer access, but I finally got to play Soma San Diego. For those of you not familiar, Soma is the metal venue for San Diego county. I lived up the street for it throughout all of high school, and spent many weekends and untold amounts of money there with my best friends, moshing to my favorite bands of the time. It's one of the big things that expired me to become a musician, so being able to play there, especially when my band isn't even a year old yet, is a dream come true. The venue didn't charge us for tickets we didn't sell like most do, they had stage hands to help us get our gear on and off stage, and some of my best friends (As well as parents, grandmother, and first guitar teacher) were in the audience. And, after the show, this one guy that was up against the front rail the whole time pulled me aside to tell me what a great player I am and ask for pointers to get better. It was weird but incredibly flattering. To top it off, the room was filled with people, and they all loved our music. Last night was easily the best show I've ever played. I can die happy now.

My younger sister's the president of the Japanese Cultural Society (read: anime club) at school. Two kids (one of whom is on probation) got into a fistfight and despite having a wrist brace, she waded in to break it up and got punched in the chest.

She not only stopped the fight, but she kicked both of them out of the club on the spot. And when one of the assholes had his sister text her to complain about "letting him get punched", Kelly called her and ranted about how he's not her responsibility, then hung up.

I swear, if this one shits itself, there'll be hell to pay. Really now, why is it that the 360 is so damn fragile? My Nintendo 64 is over a decade old (no shit) and spent a good several months in a dusty old box under a pile of other, rather heavy crap and it still works just fine.

Got contact info that may allow my band to play at a shopping mall. Okay, maybe not cuz, y'know, death metal isn't "family friendly", but still...

I'm gonna see if I can use this contact, as well as a possible contact I've got at this property I've been working for for the past few months, to see if I can start doing some booking/promoting for local bands. I've got contacts in some unorthodox places, which I'm hoping will lead to some interesting business ventures.

Rockabilly Zombie Weekend is absolutely fan-fucking-tastic. I only wish it were longer, because it was shot, edited, scripted, and acted brilliantly. Everyone was ecstatic, all of us hugging and cheering in the lobby after the screening (we had to open 5 theaters for it).

I'm going to buy the DVD, but I almost want to find a pirated copy right now so I can watch it again and again. It's that good.

Pre-order bonanza today! Picked up my pre-orders of Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3, and also pre-ordered Destiny. Also got my pre-orders of the new Suffocation album and the remaster of Jungle Rot's debut album. :D

Went to see the "premier" of Game On! down at a bar in Orlando (we took over one of the rooms and their TV and sound system), since it's not airing in the United States and otherwise we wouldn't get to see it. Got through 10 of the 26 episodes, with us planning one or two more similar events so we can all see the entire first season.

So the girl I went to the premier with, her boyfriend scoffed at the work I did on the film and sarcastically asked if I got paid "$20 and a Lunchable." I was proud of her for backsassing to him.

Well, he's not only been unemployed for a long time, but he's now homeless and sleeping on a creepy amateur artist's filthy floor (in the apartment he shares with his entire family, including his 16-year-old sister and her baby) and refuses to even look for a job out of laziness and spite.

I have gotten most of my wife's family into Doctor Who, and my 9 year old nephew is really into it. For my birthday, he took money out of his piggy bank and bought me a 10th Doctor Sonic Screwdriver. His giving it to me was cute enough, but then I opened it and put the batteries in it so that we could play with it. I set it down for a second and my 3 year old daughter picked it up, pointed it at him, hit the button (for lights and sound) and says "Come along, Pond". My wife and I cracked up (nephew hasn't made it that far in the episodes so he didn't catch the reference).

My daughter has also been running around telling everyone "Don't blink! You blink and you're boring!" Apparently, she said it correctly to my mother-in-law and she told her to say boring instead of dead. She's been doing it for a couple of weeks, and she said it to a lady looking at an angel picture at Hobby Lobby.

I have gotten most of my wife's family into Doctor Who, and my 9 year old nephew is really into it. For my birthday, he took money out of his piggy bank and bought me a 10th Doctor Sonic Screwdriver. His giving it to me was cute enough, but then I opened it and put the batteries in it so that we could play with it. I set it down for a second and my 3 year old daughter picked it up, pointed it at him, hit the button (for lights and sound) and says "Come along, Pond". My wife and I cracked up (nephew hasn't made it that far in the episodes so he didn't catch the reference).

My daughter has also been running around telling everyone "Don't blink! You blink and you're boring!" Apparently, she said it correctly to my mother-in-law and she told her to say boring instead of dead. She's been doing it for a couple of weeks, and she said it to a lady looking at an angel picture at Hobby Lobby.

I love it when new Whovians join the Whovian Collective. Resistance is futile... but really, why would you want to?

I have a roommate and a few new places to live if I need them. And I'm getting work as a paid contributor to a music blog. It's not much, but I feel like it'll be a great way to give back to the music scene I've had a hard time contributing to (yay poverty).

My dad brought not one, but two jugs of Arizona sweet tea from the store. The only downside is that we're having hot dogs for dinner, and I try to refrain from eating pork (failing horribly at it, btw).

This happened yesterday, but I forgot to mention it. My granddad is offering work for me over the weekend. He just sold some property, and he needs someone to help him clear it out. Instead of hiring some strangers with a pickup truck and some chainsaws to help him, he decided it would be cheaper to hire me and my brother. It'll take all weekend. The downside? I have multiple tests to study for over the weekend, and I have to work on part of a project. I can't afford to not do the project either because I'm already ten points behind for not turning in the first part. Either way, I'm gonna spend my weekend like a winner, and that makes me feel pretty good. The only difference is that if I spend it pruning trees and clearing out garbage with my granddad, I'll get paid, but if I make another 100 on my biology test, my chances of getting a damn good job in the future and getting paid like a total boss go up.

My seniors graduated today. While I really am sad to see them go, I know that they're all growing up and they all will work hard to have lovely futures. Students asking me to sign their year books, though, really was bittersweet.

My professor gave us an extension on our giant circuit assignment. Fuck yeah! Now there's nothing standing between me and spring break.

Similar thing just happened to me today. My biology test was pushed to Wednesday, so now I have the opportunity to get some work done on the weekend and hopefully get some money. I don't have a stable job, but I love doing oddjobs like that.

>questioning if I'm a good person or not>walk towards the kitchen to wash out a glass, telling myself that even if it's painful for me to bring back old memories, I must tell certain people how I sincerely feel>about to re-enter room when all of a sudden, brother bursts out of his room and says>I HAVE AN ASPERGERS FIXATION ON MONEY AND KUSH>wind up on floor dry heaving from how hard I'm laughing

Oh, no, I'm not a waitress, I'm a pet-sitter and dog-walker. People rarely ever tip me (or any other pet caretaker) because I don't think most people are aware it's a tipping situation. I don't get paid very much so dropping a $20 my way can make a big difference, especially considering the driving involved and needing to fuel up. I almost never get tips except at Giftmas (which are, admittedly, usually pretty decent tips--plus one of my regular clients gave me a sweet travel mug with pawprints on it and a big box of assorted teas), but about half the time when I'm sitting someone's pets for several days or longer while they're away, I'll get a tip. I was hoping I'd get one this time but I didn't think it'd be THAT much! (I have to be here until Tuesday.)

This is especially great for me since my car died permanently dead and I have to save up to buy a new car. In the meantime my work opportunities are severely limited. So that $60 was a great boon. ^_^

I'm finally moving on my masters thesis. After months of being paralyzed with fear at the sheer size of the project, I finally found the information I need to put together my dataset. I made more progress this week than in the last 9 months combined.

The best part is that the criteria I set leaves me with only 11 states to examine over a 30-year period, meaning that I have 330 data points for each of my variables (probably 20 or so). I originally intended to use about 30 states, meaning that I would have to enter 900 pieces of information for every single variable that I used.

Got up at around 8, covered in sweat and drool (result of me drinking caffeine before bed). Immediately took a shower and took off with my brother in the truck. I was late, but my grandma still made me breakfast and we took our sweet time before getting to work. So here's what's happening. My grandfather sold some land to a friend of his, and he plans on building on that property (he says it's gonna be a lab for water purification, but my dad is convinced it's gonna be a meth lab). So the area is practically a jungle, infested with mesquite trees and garbage is thrown carelessly around. My granddad gave me a single rusty hacksaw and a wheelbarrow and said, "get to work." My brother was supposed to be helping, but all he really did was take some measurements and hold wood for me while cracking dick jokes. So since it was a relatively young tree, I took that hacksaw, and got to work. Had the whole thing down by lunchtime. Spent the rest of the day chopping it all up into firewood. I had to apologize to the Earth as soon as I was done, but man, I feel so good knowing I had it in me to do all that. Going back tomorrow to continue clearing the area out.

Okay as many of you know I will be turning 18 in a few months (Six to be exact .) and so to celebrate this me and a few family members are going to Disney as a big "send off" to my childhood in July before I turn 18 in Augest.

Okay as many of you know I will be turning 18 in a few months (Six to be exact .) and so to celebrate this me and a few family members are going to Disney as a big "send off" to my childhood in July before I turn 18 in Augest.

That sounds like the best.

I didn't do anything fancy on my eighteenth birthday. I considered myself a man at age seventeen. Although I did assume a fetal position and cry all day on my sixteenth.

Brought Ashley over, so I'm hoping that I can finally start seeing her with some regularity. Watched Thor, Birdemic with Rifftrax, and about half of The Man With The Golden Gun before she had to leave. And I FINALLY got to give her that teddy bear from Macy's in Manhattan. It had been sitting on my table for over a year, since we were never able to see each other.

Okay as many of you know I will be turning 18 in a few months (Six to be exact .) and so to celebrate this me and a few family members are going to Disney as a big "send off" to my childhood in July before I turn 18 in Augest.

Okay as many of you know I will be turning 18 in a few months (Six to be exact .) and so to celebrate this me and a few family members are going to Disney as a big "send off" to my childhood in July before I turn 18 in Augest.

See if you can score with one of the Disney Princesses.

Come on, you know you want to! ;)

Oh God, not them. Those chicks can be haughty at best and absolutely insane at worst.

Even on the rainy side, or when you're not even on the grass at all, it's still better than not being there at all. Because you can always make your way back to the sunny side as long as you're still there.

I got a new job working at an organic fast-food place that's opening soon. Training starts a week from Monday, with an orientation next weekend, and when I asked about full vs. part-time, the manager said he would give me as many hours as I could handle. Even if it's minimum wage or just a bit more, I'll save an assload in commuting costs, so if I can swing full-time hours, I'll probably actually come out ahead.

I just reheard a great song that I hadn't heard in years and totally forgot everything about it. One of life's simple pleasures. :)

Reading this post reminded me of a song I hadn't heard in ages. After finding it from youtube I put it on and out toddler apparently liked the song because she began smiling and nodding to the tune of the song.

I just reheard a great song that I hadn't heard in years and totally forgot everything about it. One of life's simple pleasures. :)

Man, I had something similar to me happen. There was a song I wanted to find several years ago, but I never could because I didn't know the artist, title, or any lyrics. Just the tune. I heard it at work one day and nearly flipped my lid in excitement.

I just got back from a transgender support group and I had a blast! What started as a 2 hour meeting ended with me and another girl sitting in her car, chatting for close to five hours about anything & everything.

My niece came by today and I got to spend time with her for a four year old she's very bright but I kinda fear for her future since well we live in Louisiana the backwards ass state that has textbooks that say Hippies worshiped Satan.

My niece came by today and I got to spend time with her for a four year old she's very bright but I kinda fear for her future since well we live in Louisiana the backwards ass state that has textbooks that say Hippies worshiped Satan.

When she gets older, give her a copy of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States (http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-P-S/dp/0061965588/ref=la_B000AQ01MQ_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363046687&sr=1-1). It'll set her on the right path.

My niece came by today and I got to spend time with her for a four year old she's very bright but I kinda fear for her future since well we live in Louisiana the backwards ass state that has textbooks that say Hippies worshiped Satan.

When she gets older, give her a copy of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States (http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-P-S/dp/0061965588/ref=la_B000AQ01MQ_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363046687&sr=1-1). It'll set her on the right path.

Good idea I also have to give her some piano books she just took that up as her hobby.

After years of aggressively hating Facebook and social networking in general, Boything got an account today. Because of this, I have now seen photos of him in full drag. If I didn't love him before, I certainly do now...

Poetic lost her phone today. The reason this is good is because we were able to get her a phone with a prepaid plan and no contract. Now, her old phone was on her mom's account. I think that means that it can be removed without prematurely ending any contracts.

Oh, and we grew closer as I was there to help calm her down from a panicked state and guide her through a contingency plan. Not only that, but I got to exercise some leadership muscle. :)

Peru. Fucking Peru. Their top 10? ALL GAY. #4 is "Just Beiber (Gay)." Yeah. Absorb that for a fucking minute. The #4 porn search in Peru is what I'm assuming is a misspelling of a request for Justin Beiber in gay porn. WHAT?

Also, South America in general seems to really, REALLY love its gay porn.

Peru. Fucking Peru. Their top 10? ALL GAY. #4 is "Just Beiber (Gay)." Yeah. Absorb that for a fucking minute. The #4 porn search in Peru is what I'm assuming is a misspelling of a request for Justin Beiber in gay porn. WHAT?

Also, South America in general seems to really, REALLY love its gay porn.

Some pornstar named "Lisa Ann" seems to be really popular worldwide.Finland's top two results are "mature" and "granny." Apparently Finns have a thing for old people?For a Bible Belt State, Kentucky's got a suspicious "free gay porn" entry as #1.As mentioned before, South America really loves its gay porn. Especially Venezuela, Peru, and Chile.Lebanon is really strange, there's a lot of trans/futa porn along with with "big legs (gay)," "hairy arab," and most bizarrely "shit orgy."Kazakhstan likes squirting and gay Russians.For a hardcore Muslim country, Pakistan likes a lot of gay porn.South Africa is really gay, and has "biggest orgy" and "poop" on the list too.Kenya likes gay monster cocks, old men, anal, and fake gay vaginas.Libya likes gay daddies of various kinds and "american anal sluts".Iceland likes some really weird gay sex. With teenage Native Americans, somehow.Eastern Europe is just plain bizarre. Mother-son incest popular in Hungary and Romania, top result for Czech Republic involves fisting and #6 is "castrated shemale", etc.

I only just noticed a few countries on the list.Syria's #1 is "Aunt" and the rest include "creamy squirt," "doctor anal," "suppository (gay)," and "dirty scat." Pretty perverted for a fundie-rich country.Cambodia is almost as gay as the South American countries.

I also note that America has a strange obsession with creampies compared to everyone else.

I only just noticed a few countries on the list.Syria's #1 is "Aunt" and the rest include "creamy squirt," "doctor anal," "suppository (gay)," and "dirty scat." Pretty perverted for a fundie-rich country.Cambodia is almost as gay as the South American countries.

I also note that America has a strange obsession with creampies compared to everyone else.

EDIT: Wow, THIS was my 800th post?

It's really odd how the more prude and homophobic the country, the more weird-fetishy and gay it gets.

Well today in class we talked about the Steubenville rape case, and one guy said that she was a whore and she probably faked and she deserved it because she was drunk, etc. So I promptly told him to "shut the hell up" since women faking rape "is very rare" and that they boys had called themselves the "rape crew" and filmed the whole thing. He just turned red and everyone said "OOOooooh" since that's all teens do when emotionally aroused. I'm normally super shy and socially awkward, but this year I've been better at standing up for myself and friends. Also that guy was a dick.

I'm the same way I can't draw people, but it's really nice to have buddies, either online or irl who can. I can't wait until my Croatian friend is done with the star wars artwork that's she's drawing for me( it's a drawing of Palpatine as a teenager, no big surprise there folks). She showed me the progress she's made not too long ago, I love her doodles.

My sister's friend is a zoo worker thing(Idk the proper term, but it's above a keeper), and let me touch a bunch of animals and see the "behind the scenes" stuff.I fed a giraffe and elephant, and played with a baby Tapir and baby Ant eater. Also I saw a baby porcupine and a shit ton of parrots, but the parrots were angry and wanted to see me suffer or something.

I was browsing a site making fun of terrible bad cosplays and Boything was watching and I was showing him some of the worst. Scrolling past a picture of an otherwise decent cosplay ruined by an incredibly shitty wig, Boything says, 'HEY, WAIT, BACK UP! GO BACK TO THAT ONE!'

He sat staring at it and pointed stuff out--'That's her face, her nose, how she does her eye makeup. That's definitely a cosplay she wanted to do and she's crazy about Death Note. And that's DEFINITELY her room. And she would always spend a shit-load of money on her cosplays and then get the cheapest wigs she could.'

So who is this mystery lady?

His ex-girlfriend.

I think this is funnier than I should, not least because this girl HATED ME on sight when we met just because I was hanging out with him. We weren't even dating. I didn't even know his last name at the time. I didn't even know his REAL name at the time. THe site doesn't identify any of the bad cosplayers, so it's not like anybody browsing it would know who it was unless, like Boything, they actually knew her.

It also sorta answers the question of I wonder what happens if someone finds their own picture or a picture of someone they know on one of these sites? Well, apparently, THAT happens.

So I went into this violin shop today, looking to see if they had any positions I could offer a friend of mine (if she doesn't get a job by August she gets deported, and it has to be related to her degree, so music). Turns out, they don't, but I wound up talking with the salesperson about music for over an hour. Everything from out preferences in style, dislike of hiphop, favorite shows/performances, the music industry, etc. I don't know how that happened. Anyways, before I go, he lets me try out a violin. First time I've played an inst